The Romance Merchants of Goblin Market is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Merchant Prince with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, public floggings, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.243 billion Goblins live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Administration, with Industry, Education, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cobalt Bazaar. Income tax is unheard of.

The very strong Goblin economy, worth a remarkable 1,770 trillion goblin fruits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 157,446 goblin fruits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,417,269 per year while the poor average 2,172, a ratio of 652 to 1.

Most political debates are settled with fistfights, actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs, nose plugs are the latest Goblin fashion accessory, and immigrant teachers use fat stacks of cash as teaching aids. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Goblin Market's national animal is the Sow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Peddling Wares.

Goblin Market is ranked 6,831^st in the world and 9^th in Hundred Acre Wood for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 15,999.8 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.