The Empire of Ghant is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Nathan IV with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 29.64 billion Ghantish hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ghish. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ghantish economy, worth a remarkable 7,463 trillion Ghantmarks a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Tourism, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 251,791 Ghantmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore, kids loitering near lawns has been declared a national emergency, epileptic patients switch their medications to whichever has a 'buy one get one free' offer, and people often complain that they're going in circuitous routes all the time. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ghant's national animal is the Great Auk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghant is ranked 71^st in the world and 1^st in Western Atlantic for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 349 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.