The United Socialist States of Glizzies is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, hatred of cheese, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 910 million Glizziesians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 71.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Glizziesian economy, worth 39.9 trillion berrycoins 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 led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 43,866 berrycoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School lockers are filled with fancy underwear, all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Glizzies City, it's a long jump to get onto the housing ladder, and the government has certified several glow-in-the-dark athletes as drug free. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glizzies's national animal is the kiwi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Glizzies is ranked 298,941^st in the world and 277^th in Saint Osmund for Largest Black Market, with 21.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.