The Dominion of Giov is a titanic, genial nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The compassionate, humorless population of 12.905 billion Giovannians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Giovannia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Giovannian economy, worth a remarkable 1,411 trillion Golden Orbs a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,412 Golden Orbs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 374,089 per year while the poor average 23,527, a ratio of 15.9 to 1.

Structures are raised on promises, reports of arson have doubled since the introduction of a privatised fire protection service, men are enrolling into lady etiquette courses, and office thieves tell their employers kleptomania is a pregnancy symptom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Giov's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Giov is ranked 45,065^th in the world and 1^st in TPMB and co for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 98.62 on the Bus Surprisal Index.