The Matriarchy of Ganchan is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 777 million Ganchanians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ganchanian economy, worth 33.4 trillion E - Koris a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,962 E - Koris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

For the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, it's a comma comma comma comma comma rebellion, one of the nation's leading exports is empty platitudes, and good-looking soldier boys have celebrity status amongst the nation's homosexuals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ganchan's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ganchan is ranked 172,307^th in the world and 116^th in Forest for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 493.11 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.