The People's Republic of The Ghol is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Turk with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The compassionate population of 6.088 billion Gholians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luxemburg. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Gholian economy, worth 936 trillion shekelims 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 153,876 shekelims, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Interest in globalism never flags, foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that The Ghol will pay them to stop, NationStates is now a popular brand of laxatives despite Max Barry's protests, and Gholian tourists are encouraged to hand out spare condoms to locals while on vacation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ghol's national animal is the ibex, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Ghol is ranked 288,806^th in the world and 340^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -16.67 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.