The United Socialist States of Gillscalia is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Kaito Gillscale with an even hand, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 923 million Gillscalians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dragon's Horde. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Gillscalian economy, worth 90.9 trillion scales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is 98,455 scales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, aeroplanes have been converted into housing units after all air travel was outlawed, and what citizens give with one hand they take away with the other. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gillscalia's national animal is the Black-tip Reef Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Gillscalia is ranked 17,793^rd in the world and 370^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Poor Incomes, with 84,032.4 Standard Monetary Units.