The United Socialist States of Girguen is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its burgeoning elephant population. The cynical population of 603 million Girguenians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 30.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Girguenian economy, worth 27.0 trillion guilders a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,719 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Girguen's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Girguen is ranked 223,105^th in the world and 218^th in Empire of Love for Largest Populations, with 603 million capita.