The Republic of Gneresh is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.545 billion Gnereshians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 83.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Gnereshian economy, worth 94.1 trillion NKWS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 60,927 NKWS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Torture is illegal, access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery, the working classes live and die on the fields of the farming communes, and primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gneresh's national animal is the Oxen, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gneresh is ranked 46,478^th in the world and 162^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,642.51 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.