The Unpleasant Drainpipe of Gurou is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Bronzefishy with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, prohibition of alcohol, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 18.022 billion Gurouans 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 prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of WiyNei. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Gurouan economy, worth a remarkable 4,271 trillion Iousies 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. 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 amazing 237,037 Iousies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies, self-proclaimed free-thinkers line up for their weekly sermons, government agents scour baking periodicals for subversive recipes, and it is still not known if the commander in chief outranks the supreme commander. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gurou's national animal is the Deadly Garden Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Worship of Omnipotent Danger Noodle.

Gurou is ranked 23,204^th in the world and 633^rd in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 286.95 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.