The Holy Empire of Giraten is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by True Leader Zichter with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.052 billion Giratenians 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, 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 Sadchinra. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Giratenian economy, worth 193 trillion Gits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 94,285 Gits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cogitators and mass debaters are skiving off work to hang around the National Symposium Park, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, people regularly disappear off the streets and all evidence of them is destroyed, and drones are unable to lift the weight of their accompanying paperwork. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Giraten's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Fellowship of The Omega Dragon.

Giraten is ranked 37,498^th in the world and 502^nd in 10000 Islands for Most Developed, scoring 70.97 on the Human Development Index.