The Federal Republic of Gonthavnor is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Arch Mage with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.825 billion Gonthavnorians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roke Peninsula. The average income tax rate is 88.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gonthavnorian economy, worth 519 trillion Goldivories a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 135,750 Goldivories, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, diplomatic cables about the Arch Mage have suddenly been very flattering, and search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country. Crime is totally unknown. Gonthavnor's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gonthavnor is ranked 31,309^th in the world and 608^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 135,750.42 Standard Monetary Units.