The People's Republic of Gunov is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Aleki Kuresa with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, anti-smoking policies, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.353 billion Gunovians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Savalua. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The powerhouse Gunovian economy, worth 184 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 136,327 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The letters L, G, and B must never be grouped together, theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, and the lasting legacy of the current generation is a million years of buried radioactivity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gunov's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Alekiism.

Gunov is ranked 219,542^nd in the world and 7,422^nd in The East Pacific for Rudest Citizens, with 17.86 Insults Per Minute.