The Galactic Socialist Imperium of Grossvietnam is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Premier of the GSI with an iron fist, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.192 billion Grossvietnamese are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sài Gòn. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Grossvietnamese economy, worth a remarkable 3,978 trillion Grossvietnam Dongs 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. 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 a breathtaking 553,190 Grossvietnam Dongs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, and battlefield gains are quickly lost when enemies don't respect a time-out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Grossvietnam's national animal is the Three-headed Oriental Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imperial Cult of Three Divines.

Grossvietnam is ranked 3,781^st in the world and 123^rd in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,567.73 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.