The Free Land of Giocoso is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 408 million Giosoans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gustoso. The average income tax rate is 76.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Giocosoan economy, worth 28.1 trillion High Fives 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 68,836 High Fives, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feeling like a winner comes at a price, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, home renovation shows are increasingly popular, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Giocoso's national animal is the Beagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Giocoso is ranked 277,442^nd in the world and 716^th in Horizon for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -8 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.