The Democratic Republic of Gerniam is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Mirana Lilum with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, smutty television, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.941 billion Gerniamians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, 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 Shoram. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Gerniamian economy, worth a remarkable 1,791 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 258,134 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are given a short jail sentence, scientists are not permitted to ask questions, state officials tend to disappear after they forget to salute Mirana Lilum's portrait, and birth announcements often also serve as death announcements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gerniam's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Former Night Saints.

Gerniam is ranked 52,466^th in the world and 19^th in Thaecia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,791.86 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.