The People's Republic of The Gu is a tiny, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 10 million Guans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The strong Guan economy, worth 598 billion florins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 59,899 florins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 356,204 per year while the poor average 4,619, a ratio of 77.1 to 1.

Officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, mosh pits are a common phenomenon in Leader's political rallies, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, and signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés. Crime is moderate. The Gu's national animal is the kangaroo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

The Gu is ranked 79,483^rd in the world and 9^th in QA nerds for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 37.38 on the Bus Surprisal Index.