The Empire of Ghant is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Nathan IV with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 29.089 billion Ghantish hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ghish. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ghantish economy, worth a remarkable 7,277 trillion Ghantmarks a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Tourism, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 250,177 Ghantmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, right-wingers complain that too many people are suckling at the welfare teat, artists attempt to convince the Hardship Fund that their unmade bed is a masterpiece, and road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ghant's national animal is the Great Auk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghant is ranked 1,137^th in the world and 3^rd in Western Atlantic for Highest Food Quality, scoring 322.42 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.