The One and Only Official of Ghost is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by George Washington's Ghost with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, feral children, and punitive income tax rates. The devout population of 9.96 billion ghosts are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — prioritizes Welfare, with Defense, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spookane. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ghostian economy, worth 322 trillion cryptoes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,407 cryptoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nothing gets the party jumping like George Washington's Ghost specifying how high, the nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, and the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghost's national animal is the skeleton, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghost is ranked 92,068^th in the world and 102^nd in The Wellspring for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,014.22 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.