The Lavender Delegate of Giovanniland is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Giovanni I with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 6.251 billion Giovannilandians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Giovannistadt. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Giovannilandian economy, worth a remarkable 3,047 trillion Golden Orbs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 487,507 Golden Orbs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute, government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, and exam halls are littered with used needles and empty pill bottles. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Giovanniland's national animal is the Hyacinth macaw, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Violetism.

Giovanniland is ranked 259,890^th in the world and 7,474^th in the West Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 0.33 bananas ingested per day.