The Inviting Shadows of Ghostopolis is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Daemon Umbra with a fair hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 29.332 billion souls love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pallaith. The average income tax rate is 85.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient incorporeal economy, worth a remarkable 3,331 trillion skulls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 113,568 skulls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The army spends more time producing 'romantic videos' than actually training soldiers, ministers are now allowed to put suggestions in the governmental suggestion box, vanity is the constant enemy of dignity, and voting is voluntary. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghostopolis's national animal is the ghost, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Reaperism.

Ghostopolis is ranked 18,438^th in the world and 1^st in The Versutian Federation for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 55.14 on the Kitten Softness Rating.