The Most Serene Republic of Gwandalis is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 62 million Gwandalas are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 54.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Gwandalisian economy, worth 2.81 trillion pfhenings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 45,331 pfhenings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, state dairy cow's milk is a shear-thickening fluid that can stop small-caliber bullets, and young people avoid opening doors for the elderly with impunity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gwandalis's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gwandalis is ranked 238,383^rd in the world and 4,337^th in the South Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 20,489.81 Standard Monetary Units.