The Republic of Ghostclaw is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 8.416 billion Ghostclawians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ghostclawian economy, worth 55.5 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 6,593 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, and a major religion has been named as Ghostclaw's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghostclaw's national animal is the dove.

Ghostclaw is ranked 275,300^th in the world and 11^th in Leninglad for Most Patriotic, with 0.63 flags saluted per person per day.