The Empire of Goa Uld Apophis is a titanic, orderly nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, conspicuous electricity pylons, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.172 billion Goa Uld Apophisians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saqqara. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Goa Uld Apophisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,265 trillion Shesh'tas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 124,389 Shesh'tas, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

The nation needs a second job to pay the bills, emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, national foreign policy involves significant amounts of hand wringing, and the nation's new currency features full-length portraits of Leader in ermine and velvet garb. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goa Uld Apophis's national animal is the Jaffa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Goa Uld Apophis is ranked 36,285^th in the world and 36^th in Shadow Realms for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 5,080.62 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.