The Republic of Gilmic is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The devout population of 274 million Gilmicians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palladia. The average income tax rate is 59.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Gilmician economy, worth 22.5 trillion Kurums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 81,972 Kurums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, and after every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gilmic's national animal is the Gilmician Horse, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Gilmic is ranked 69,824^th in the world and 125^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,712.9 on the Gilded Widget Scale.