The Commonwealth of Gaeslan 484 is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 15.339 billion Gaeslan 484ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 54.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Gaeslan 484ian economy, worth 161 trillion kronor 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, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. 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 10,509 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gaeslan 484's national animal is the gyrfalcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gaeslan 484 is ranked 99,877^th in the world and 1^st in Revolutionary Socialist League for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.88 law-abiding acts per hour.