The Republic of Gart Priess is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Winston Smith with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 8.933 billion Priesses are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dartoka. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Priessian economy, worth a remarkable 2,508 trillion Tankas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 280,780 Tankas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,020,879 per year while the poor average 54,945, a ratio of 18.6 to 1.

CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, behind every local dictator is a Priessian advisor whispering in their ear, ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, and citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Gart Priess's national animal is the Leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hoodoism.

Gart Priess is ranked 23,950^th in the world and 1,554^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.69 law-abiding acts per hour.