The Free Land of Goodshill is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed population of 366 million Goodshillians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 35.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Goodshillian economy, worth 12.5 trillion Lire a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,234 Lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Red rinses are frequently applied to grey hair, treaties are taken to be mere rules of thumb, the nation's smallest Gullball teams trade draft picks for a free lunch, and bank robbers always set aside 50% of the loot to pay off the judge. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goodshill's national animal is the Gull, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Goodshill is ranked 243,906^th in the world and 2,978^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.55 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.