The Democratic Republic of Blitz Gambit is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 716 million Blitz Gambitians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lightbolt. The average income tax rate is 56.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Blitz Gambitian economy, worth 60.9 trillion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 85,001 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home, it turns out that trees grow on deniers, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, and Eagle sanctuaries have been taken over by hydraulic fracturing sites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blitz Gambit's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Blitz Gambit is ranked 102,456^th in the world and 743^rd in the West Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,200.77 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.