The One and Only Official of Ghost is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by George Washington's Ghost with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic, devout population of 13.21 billion ghosts are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spookane. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ghostian economy, worth 587 trillion cryptoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,480 cryptoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teachers prefer to give 'Maybe, Maybe Not' tests when dealing with sensitive subjects, the "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Spookane, and voting is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghost's national animal is the skeleton, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghost is ranked 42,210^th in the world and 224^th in the Outback for Nicest Citizens, with 17.69 average smiles per day.