The Democratic Republic of Giustinia is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 366 million Giustinians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ciancia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.9%.

The all-consuming Giustinian economy, worth 39.9 trillion Sequins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 108,984 Sequins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 375,184 per year while the poor average 23,194, a ratio of 16.2 to 1.

Nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, and Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Giustinia's new capital. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Giustinia's national animal is the goose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Giustinia is ranked 40,042^nd in the world and 810^th in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 75 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.