The Democratic Republic of Glistara is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 234 million Glistarans 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Glistaran economy, worth 17.4 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 74,313 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Being Leader has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, and all mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glistara's national animal is the bee, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Glistara is ranked 300,021^st in the world and 123^rd in Refugia for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 23.28 on the Bus Surprisal Index.