The People's Republic of Gunov is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its triple-decker prams, pith helmet sales, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 388 million 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, 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 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Gunovian economy, worth 25.5 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 quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 65,710 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest superhero movie features a caped Lion with adamantium claws, frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines, raver DJ XStacy holds multiple medical degrees in chillaxing, and a common response to government PSAs is "well, DUH, obviously". 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.

Gunov is ranked 29,258^th in the world and 782^nd in The East Pacific for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,984.9 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.