The ρσɳყ ɱσɳα૨૮ɦყ of Gorthias is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Queen Lura V with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, vat-grown people, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 19.438 billion Gorthiasians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shadowbrook. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gorthiasian economy, worth a remarkable 2,765 trillion Bits a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,264 Bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Home renovation projects take decades to complete, citizens hear a diversity of opinions from a range of billionaire-owned corporations, aspiring musicians couldn't give away their music if they tried, and flags are commonly used as bonfire kindling. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gorthias's national animal is the Feather-bellied Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Monolatrism.

Gorthias is ranked 35,564^th in the world and 160^th in Forest for Nicest Citizens, with 18.02 average smiles per day.