The Empire of Gustaveastain is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by surper man with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed population of 1.918 billion Gustaveastainians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of guzustion. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.3%.

The strong Gustaveastainian economy, worth 126 trillion gutaves 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, Book Publishing, 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 65,983 gutaves, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

Science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, the banshee wail foretells skies of death, the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, and Surper man has taken to wearing medal-adorned military uniform in all public appearances. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gustaveastain's national animal is the gun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gustaveastain is ranked 115,571^st in the world and 5,039^th in Balder for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 40,711.59 Standard Monetary Units.