The Federal Republic of Glastrolheim is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Nathalie Berton Kromeier with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, flagrant waste-dumping, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.964 billion Glastrolians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lassana. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Glastrolian economy, worth 472 trillion Valdrins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 159,530 Valdrins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 889,382 per year while the poor average 14,286, a ratio of 62.3 to 1.

Minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, the government has begun selling heroin and ecstasy to help fund its projects, legislators must raise their hands if they want to speak, and teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Glastrolheim's national animal is the mist owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Nefilianism.

Glastrolheim is ranked 117,125^th in the world and 1,408^th in the West Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,229.07 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.