The Republic of Goudystan is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by President Goudy with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, compulsory military service, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.065 billion Goudystannais are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Goudystan ville. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Goudystanian economy, worth 695 trillion Euro Goudystannais 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 Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 137,297 Euro Goudystannais, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, and a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goudystan's national animal is the Bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Goudystan is ranked 308,173^rd in the world and 1,487^th in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -9.7 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.