The Republic of GU 55th Division is a massive, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 1.437 billion GU 55th Divisionians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 36.2%.

The GU 55th Divisionian economy, worth 51.3 trillion florins a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 35,712 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been banned for advocating gluttony, and warning signs caution GU 55th Divisionians where they may fall off 'the edge of the world'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GU 55th Division's national animal is the cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

GU 55th Division is ranked 49,259^th in the world and 1^st in Island Continent for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 4,741.87 on the Hickory Productivity Index.