The People's Republic of Girmandy is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Wilhelm Peterson with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 22.55 billion Girmandians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Law & Order, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Driftopia. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Girmandyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,349 trillion leroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 104,177 leroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, kindergarten teachers with ankle-bracelets are closely supervised by their parole officers, freedom is never freely given — only when the alternative is too expensive, and at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Wilhelm Peterson's wardrobe. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Girmandy's national animal is the orange cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Girmandy is ranked 8,528^th in the world and 536^th in Balder for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,964.71 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.