The Tri-Planetary Coalition of Glurponia is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Federal Council with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.882 billion Glurpons hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Mars. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Glurpone economy, worth a remarkable 1,958 trillion standardized units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 220,555 standardized units, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Workers for the environmental protection agency are patted down for tartar sauce every morning, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, a sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate, and children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary. Crime is totally unknown. Glurponia's national animal is the monster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Homestuck.

Glurponia is ranked 984^th in the world and 62^nd in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 98.34 on the Human Development Index.