The Ace and Based of Glo is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Kris with an even hand, and renowned for its lack of airports, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.048 billion Glowns are prohibited from doing almost everything but make sure no one in government gets away with anything either.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Gloan economy, worth 395 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,337 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Weather reports simply advise Glowns to 'look outside', winceyette robes are a popular wedding gift, the government-run newspapers insist that everything is fine, and the government is a law unto itself. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Glo's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bobism.

Glo is ranked 314,856^th in the world and 232^nd in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Safest, scoring 7.73 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.