The Republic of Gansu is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates and barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working population of 15.795 billion Gansuans 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 26.2%.

The Gansuan economy, worth 585 trillion pounds a year, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 37,059 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Gansu has designated Gansu City as its capital city, Leader has just been declared ruler of Gansu in an international press conference, a major religion has been named as Gansu's national religion, and the nation has become a pariah for giving pirates letters of marque. Crime is moderate. Gansu's national animal is the swan, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Gansu is ranked 152,803^rd in the world and 25^th in Terranova for Most Authoritarian, with 694.44 milliStalins.