The Federated Giraffe State of Giraffeton is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Professional Giraffe with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 6.691 billion Giraffetonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Administration, and Environment also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Giraffeton City. The average income tax rate is 81.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Giraffetonian economy, worth 834 trillion Giraffereums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 124,709 Giraffereums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fashion magazine covers finally display realistic body images following photo-manipulation becoming illegal, diaper sales are up, Professional Giraffe is called 'Patches' at international summits, and the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Giraffeton's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Giraffeton is ranked 78,027^th in the world and 25^th in The Giraffe Federation for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,735.31 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.