The US Air Forceball of Glendwith is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Duchess Henrietta Ardley-Eldrich with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.047 billion Gwiths 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 medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stromwich. The average income tax rate is 30.5%.

The all-consuming Gwith economy, worth 92.8 trillion Gwith ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 88,591 Gwith ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', most households' childcare costs are higher than their mortgage payments, and janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glendwith's national animal is the killer whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Glendwith is ranked 266,663^rd in the world and 4,609^th in The North Pacific for Most Conservative, scoring 34 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.