The Empire of Goblin 48 is a mammoth, pleasant nation, renowned for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 9.866 billion Goblin 48ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.1%.

The strong Goblin 48ian economy, worth 680 trillion florins 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, broadly diversified black market in Gambling, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, 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 69,021 florins, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

Counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, students are taught to count with all 9 fingers, most towns have their Leader High School located on Leader Street, and snooze factory is now prison lingo for rehabilitation center. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goblin 48's national animal is the panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Goblin 48 is ranked 140,546^th in the world and 14^th in Gobbotopia for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 1,035.33 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.