The Empire of Goblin 44 is a mammoth, orderly nation, renowned for its frequent executions, anti-smoking policies, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.858 billion Goblin 44ians 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, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Administration, with Education, Industry, and Defense also on the agenda, while Social Policy isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 42.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Goblin 44ian economy, worth 680 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Gambling, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 69,061 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The controversial show 'Who Wants to be an Immigrant?' has become wildly popular, the Goblin 44ian Intelligence Agency relies on rumour and guidebooks to know what is happening overseas, knitting needles have been banned in the name of public safety, and for some reason the census focuses on daily banana ingestion and hourly quip rate. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Goblin 44's national animal is the kiwi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Goblin 44 is ranked 245,080^th in the world and 24^th in Gobbotopia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.55 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.