The People's Republic of Goitacaba is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 250 million Goitacabans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 76.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Goitacaban economy, worth 11.7 trillion guarás 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 Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is 46,851 guarás, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, and conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goitacaba's national animal is the crested caracara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Goitacaba is ranked 233,628^th in the world and 477^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.73 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.