The Empire of Goblin 49 is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, avowedly heterosexual populace, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 9.723 billion Goblin 49ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.0%.

The Goblin 49ian economy, worth 442 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 45,462 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

Tens of thousands of Goblin 49ians rock the night away at the annual SuperLob, Goblin 49 is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, the most popular stadium acts are one-off performances, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goblin 49's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Goblin 49 is ranked 242,731^st in the world and 18^th in Gobbotopia for Most Developed, scoring 51.75 on the Human Development Index.