The Democratic States of Gaspain is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.756 billion Gaspainians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.5%.

The strong Gaspainian economy, worth 154 trillion Pesos a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 41,232 Pesos, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 122,054 per year while the poor average 10,940, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

The nation is famous for having one of the world's largest Lion hunting institutions, the government has adopted a more thrifty attitude to administrating the country's needs, open-heart surgery is taught in seminaries, and Leader has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences. Crime is moderate. Gaspain's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gaspain is ranked 321,593^rd in the world and 39^th in The Forge for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -11.17 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.