The Matriarchy of Gloriton is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Elvira Nerium with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 12.045 billion Gloritonians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kore. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Gloritonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,281 trillion credits a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 106,361 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, citizens know never to accept cookies from strangers, international humanitarian organisations are applauding the government for ending the death penalty, and if a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it... Gloritonian satellites can detect it. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gloriton's national animal is the rat bat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the all-consuming void.

Gloriton is ranked 4,854^th in the world and 243^rd in Lazarus for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 95.65 Effective Tax Rate.