The Combined Syndicates of Golinistan is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nobody with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.876 billion Golinistanis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of None. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Golinistani economy, worth 447 trillion Nones 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 155,519 Nones, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Golinistan's Medieval Faire is renowned as one of the best in the region, fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", people who have never eaten chicken are told it tastes a bit like crocodile, and tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects. Crime is totally unknown. Golinistan's national animal is the Dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Golinistan is ranked 66,771^st in the world and 47^th in The Internationale for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 172,636 Standard Monetary Units.