The People's Republic of The Gu is a tiny, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 14 million Guans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.1%.

The strong Guan economy, worth 835 billion florins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 59,695 florins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 344,875 per year while the poor average 4,930, a ratio of 70.0 to 1.

Unsolved crimes are often pinned on veterans with PTSD, condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals, smoking is banned in public areas, and voters are one of the nation's top imports. Crime is moderate. The Gu's national animal is the kangaroo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

The Gu is ranked 224,715^th in the world and 35^th in QA nerds for Highest Drug Use, scoring 76.88 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.