The Democratic Republic of Gaystan is a small, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 20 million Gaystanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 29.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Gaystanian economy, worth 693 billion Nongays a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,697 Nongays, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, and it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gaystan's national animal is the Seahorse, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Gaystan is ranked 222,397^th in the world and 17^th in Dude Empire for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,972.2 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.