The Most Serene Republic of Ghost 8 is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 4.665 billion Ghost 8ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 50.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ghost 8ian economy, worth 78.7 trillion Ghosts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 16,860 Ghosts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghost 8's national animal is the Ghost, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghost 8 is ranked 266,213^th in the world and 2^nd in The Far East Oriental Federation for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,949.83 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.