The Empire of Glorius is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 14.023 billion Gloriusians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 93.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gloriusian economy, worth a remarkable 4,353 trillion Glories a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 310,447 Glories, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Saying 'Hi Guys' to a mixed gender group of people at work is a fireable offense, students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, and dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Glorius's national animal is the Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Glorius is ranked 964^th in the world and 47^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 172.59 law-abiding acts per hour.