The Matriarchy of GloryGlory is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Heavenly Sovereign with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.759 billion GloryGloryians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fame. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.5%.

The frighteningly efficient GloryGloryian economy, worth a remarkable 1,302 trillion lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 226,153 lire, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 663,581 per year while the poor average 60,757, a ratio of 10.9 to 1.

Max Barry is this year's Miss GloryGlory, the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture, unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law, and pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GloryGlory's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Way.

GloryGlory is ranked 311,838^th in the world and 5,112^th in The East Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -557.12 on the Scary Big Number Scale.