The Red Desocratic State of McGimpsey is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Des with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 2.515 billion McGimpseyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Desronto. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient McGimpseyian economy, worth 365 trillion Councils 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 145,347 Councils, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", people say chess victor the Des can kill you with mind-bullets, the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners, and the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. McGimpsey's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

McGimpsey is ranked 8,801^st in the world and 1^st in PSUS for Smartest Citizens, with 98.38 quips per hour.