The Most Serene Republic of Gwandalis is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its digital currency, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 176 million Gwandalas are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 57.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Gwandalisian economy, worth 8.91 trillion pfhenings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 50,629 pfhenings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national symbol of Gwandalis is now always featured on a skewer, there is a heavy social stigma attached to e-cigarettes, 'Police Academy 36' and 'Sharknados On A Plane' are vying for top spot at the box-office, and oxygen is commonly known as 'breathinium'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gwandalis's national animal is the Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gwandalis is ranked 80,468^th in the world and 1,652^nd in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 98.27 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.