The Dominion of Gio is a mammoth, genial nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, daily referendums, and smutty television. The compassionate, devout population of 7.478 billion Gios are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Giovannia. The average income tax rate is 48.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Gio economy, worth 792 trillion Golden Orbs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,964 Golden Orbs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is committed to nuclear rearmament, Leader's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, and lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio's national animal is the Lavender Macaw, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gio is ranked 75,583^rd in the world and 1^st in Gio for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,020.08 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.