The Socialist Realm of Gastravon is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Tyrone Slyferius with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 10.86 billion Gastravonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orongkungkrae'. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Gastravonian economy, worth a remarkable 3,868 trillion Ilunns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 356,219 Ilunns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Tyrone Slyferius to meetings with foreign heads of state, young people crowd pizza parlors praying to 'The Supreme Pizza, His Immaculate Munchiness', and consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Gastravon's national animal is the Gastravonian Sunbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Makunsten.

Gastravon is ranked 654^th in the world and 14^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 117.13 average smiles per day.