The Commonwealth of Great burger land is a massive, safe nation, ruled by nimzo chesslord with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.638 billion Great burger landians 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 Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New steak city. The average income tax rate is 21.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Great burger landian economy, worth 85.1 trillion burger dollars a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,962 burger dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government, the arms industry is strictly regulated, a surprising number of travelers carry their water in vodka bottles, and taxi drivers seem less xenophobic these days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Great burger land's national animal is the cheese burger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Great burger land is ranked 122,027^th in the world and 278^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 938.15 on the Gilded Widget Scale.