The Venerable Volcano of Gio Farm 89 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.678 billion Gio Farm 89ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Gio Farm 89ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,209 trillion cards 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 a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. 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 139,346 cards, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

Animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, boats straying just metres away from the shore will raise the ire of the Coast Guard, prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls, and Leader's perky ego is the talk of the town. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio Farm 89's national animal is the farm, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gio Farm 89 is ranked 32,476^th in the world and 17^th in Giovanniland for Safest, scoring 108.11 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.