The Democratic Republic of Glistara is a large, safe nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 112 million Glistarans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Glistaran economy, worth 5.89 trillion dollars 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 52,568 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bike rage is all the rage, military advisors frequently remind San Vitenzan farmers that they have to pull the pin on a grenade before throwing it, ordinary soldiers trade rumors about the top secret "Death From Above" project, and replacement organs are grown in vats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glistara's national animal is the bee, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Glistara is ranked 155,052^nd in the world and 161^st in Refugia for Highest Average Incomes, with 52,568.8 Standard Monetary Units.