The Federation of Goikian Republic is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 463 million Objects are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The powerhouse Goikian Republician economy, worth 42.2 trillion Coins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 91,201 Coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 312,891 per year while the poor average 19,510, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

Water fights now end with thousands dead, school cafeterias serve nothing but protein powder and vitamin supplements, tax avoidance is a serious affair, and economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Goikian Republic's national animal is the Monsters.

Goikian Republic is ranked 111,765^th in the world and 243^rd in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,124.93 on the Gilded Widget Scale.