The Grand Principality of Gieruland is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Laeder with an even hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 9.763 billion Gierulanders have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Catipal Cyti. The average income tax rate is 77.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Gierulandic economy, worth a remarkable 2,686 trillion Monies a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 275,123 Monies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

The staffroom being an "icky" colour is a perfectly acceptable reason to not accept a job, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, the army lives rent-free in foreigners' heads and houses, and artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Gieruland's national animal is the Bird Bisbisbis that frightens everyone, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Riligeon.

Gieruland is ranked 50,300^th in the world and 7^th in Antarctica for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 4,791 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.