The United Socialist States of Gobania is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Gob with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.71 billion Gobanians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gob City. The average income tax rate is 88.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Gobanian economy, worth 708 trillion Gob bucks 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 72,922 Gob bucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Gob City, almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, bike rage is all the rage, and the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen. Crime is totally unknown. Gobania's national animal is the Bog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gobania is ranked 97,157^th in the world and 311^th in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Average Incomes, with 72,922.24 Standard Monetary Units.