The Empire of Garanga is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, state-planned economy, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.209 billion Garangans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Garangan economy, worth 266 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 120,820 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull, you don't need a smoking gun to arrest someone for promoting guns, survivors receive aid from only the most environmentally-friendly transport, and professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Garanga's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Garanga is ranked 6,546^th in the world and 12^th in The Black Hawks for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 93.68 Effective Tax Rate.