The People's Republic of Gunov is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Aleki Kuresa with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.155 billion 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 97.6%.

The all-consuming Gunovian economy, worth 312 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 Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 144,858 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

On-call doctors who check their pagers during movies are banned from cinemas for life, graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation', ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, and the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions. 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, and its national religion is Alekiism.

Gunov is ranked 230,909^th in the world and 8,083^rd in The East Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 18.45 on the Bus Surprisal Index.