The Empire of Gio1 is a titanic, orderly nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory gun ownership. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.113 billion Gio1ians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gio1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,658 trillion Abrios a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 149,251 Abrios, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, ill and injured visitors in Gio1 have to walk it off until they return home, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", and space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio1's national animal is the Macaw, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gio1 is ranked 299,224^th in the world and 644^th in Giovanniland for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.77 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.