The United States of Goslingland is a tiny, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 8 million Goslinglandians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 19.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Goslinglandian economy, worth 433 billion Gooslings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,157 Gooslings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods, authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets, several inches are being added to first class seating, and urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Goslingland's national animal is the Ryan Gosling, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Goslingland is ranked 170,884^th in the world and 345^th in Starlight for Most Developed, scoring 54.19 on the Human Development Index.