The Confederated Communes of The Gilded Horde is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by nobody with a fair hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, complete lack of public education, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 17.611 billion Gilded Hordeans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Income tax is unheard of.

The powerhouse Gilded Hordean economy, worth a remarkable 2,499 trillion Golden Apples a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 141,923 Golden Apples, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 780,814 per year while the poor average 13,086, a ratio of 59.7 to 1.

Citizens are frequently held up at gunpoint by their local pizza delivery boys, Nobody is described as an everyday person with normal tastes and the usual interests, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and graffiti graces every city's streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. The Gilded Horde's national animal is the elk, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Gilded Horde is ranked 21,536^th in the world and 35^th in Anarchy for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.