The Benevolent Butterfly of Gio Farm 26 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its parental licensing program, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 9.007 billion Gio Farm 26ians 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 Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 74.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Gio Farm 26ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,375 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 152,670 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, war criminals are given full state funerals, scientists are researching the best way to kill off humanity to prevent catastrophic war, and the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio Farm 26's national animal is the farmer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gio Farm 26 is ranked 21,780^th in the world and 9^th in Giovanniland for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.29 law-abiding acts per hour.