The Community of Gourami is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, compulsory gun ownership, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 8.177 billion Gouramians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The medium-sized, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.1%.

The powerhouse Gouramian economy, worth 583 trillion rupees a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 71,347 rupees, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll, and glamping Gouramians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi. Crime is a problem. Gourami's national animal is the Gourami, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gourami is ranked 108,708^th in the world and 53^rd in Safari for Most Developed, scoring 59.95 on the Human Development Index.