The Armed Technocracy of The Gelseen Hegemony is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Speers with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, state-planned economy, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 15.305 billion Gelseens 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rovenoir. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Gelseen Hegemonyian economy, worth an astonishing 10,918 trillion Gold Dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 713,417 Gold Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, and vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Gelseen Hegemonyian mussels the biggest in Lazarus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Gelseen Hegemony's national animal is the Red Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Worship through Creation.

The Gelseen Hegemony is ranked 2,358^th in the world and 118^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 138.66 law-abiding acts per hour.