The Dominion of Giovan is a mammoth, orderly nation, renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.833 billion Giovanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.1%.

The all-consuming Giovanian economy, worth 947 trillion Golden Orbs a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 96,325 Golden Orbs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 277,767 per year while the poor average 26,517, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Murder rates are on the rise as the popularity of soylent products grows, the government is reining in public spending, government popup ads are springing up like weeds, and East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Giovan's national animal is the Elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Giovan is ranked 19,503^rd in the world and 1^st in CARD for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 105.76 on the Bus Surprisal Index.