The Armed Republic of Gordarserod is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, compulsory gun ownership, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 222 million Gordarserodians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 36.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Gordarserodian economy, worth 18.2 trillion Gords a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 82,083 Gords, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Swarms of present-laden delivery drones blot out the sun before major holidays, Gordarserod Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere', powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents, and babies are a small but significant export. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gordarserod's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gordarserod is ranked 220,004^th in the world and 4,201^st in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 7.52 average smiles per day.