The Republic of Gildenshtuck is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Oliver Blue with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.622 billion Gildenshtuckians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amora. The average income tax rate is 96.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Gildenshtuckian economy, worth 765 trillion gildens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,628 gildens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police, official Sermon-Free Zones are set-up around the nation's hotels, the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, and giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gildenshtuck's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Freedom Christianity.

Gildenshtuck is ranked 275,390^th in the world and 5,711^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -282.21 on the Scary Big Number Scale.