The Republic of Glasclaire is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Erik Cleamontsson with a fair hand, and notable for its frequent executions, triple-decker prams, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.956 billion Glasclaireans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Leursfford. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Glasclairean economy, worth 388 trillion kronor a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 131,323 kronor, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 587,005 per year while the poor average 18,221, a ratio of 32.2 to 1.

The nightly news reports prosaically on the government blindly throwing money at despotic kidnappers, toilet paper is considered a non-essential item in the embargo against Brasilistan, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, and teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries. Crime is almost non-existent. Glasclaire's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

Glasclaire is ranked 2,830^th in the world and 1^st in Albastru for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 7,398.49 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.