The United States of Giarose is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 4.987 billion Giaroseans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, with Administration, Education, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Environment receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 9.1%.

The strong Giarosean economy, worth 333 trillion Binxes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 66,925 Binxes, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

The hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program, and foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country. Crime is well under control. Giarose's national animal is the Linx, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Giarose is ranked 76,076^th in the world and 11^th in Byzantine Christendom for Highest Food Quality, scoring 27.63 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.