The Republic of Lord Godfrey is a mammoth, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed population of 8.885 billion Lord Godfreyians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.6%.

The strong Lord Godfreyian economy, worth 393 trillion runes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,307 runes, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents, drill sergeants yell in the ears of bespectacled nerds in cybermilitary "reboot camps", and aides are afraid to ask if Leader wants a cup of tea or coffee. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Lord Godfrey's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lord Godfrey is ranked 211,472^nd in the world and 2,601^st in Remembrance for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.32 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.