The Bah Humbug of Glorious Existence is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 29.827 billion Glorious Existenceans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Glorious Existencean economy, worth a remarkable 2,648 trillion Drudges a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 88,780 Drudges, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Glorious Existence City Film Festival recently voted 'Glorious Existencean Getting Hit By Football' as best film, in a fit of passion Leader has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, and Leader has decreed that one must think of cheese upon reading the word mouse (Glorious Existence has found 1 easter egg). Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glorious Existence's national animal is the Leech, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Glorious Existence is ranked 299,664^th in the world and 2,342^nd in the West Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -7.04 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.