The People's Republic of Gunov is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Aleki Kuresa with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, anti-smoking policies, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 982 million Gunovians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Savalua. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The strong Gunovian economy, worth 106 trillion Ducats 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 108,647 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Small children pause apologies for their misdeeds to ask what fiscal insolvency actually is, airplane passenger seat sizes and ticket prices are both first-class, thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors, and dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gunov's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gunov is ranked 224,604^th in the world and 7,594^th in The East Pacific for Most Politically Free, scoring 8.71 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.