The Incorporated States of Grand Imperialian Stock Exchange is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Avakael with a fair hand, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, public floggings, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 14.443 billion GISXwegians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperialia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.6%.

The all-consuming GISXwegian economy, worth a remarkable 1,025 trillion Halicarnassuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 71,023 Halicarnassuses, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, gun ownership is compulsory, and reports of arson have doubled since the introduction of a privatised fire protection service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grand Imperialian Stock Exchange's national animal is the White Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cruor.

Grand Imperialian Stock Exchange is ranked 72,311^th in the world and 177^th in Ordo Imperialia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,999.72 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.