The County of The Noble State of Gloucester is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Lorenz Hellman Gloucester with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.479 billion Gloucesterians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Education, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gloucester City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.3%.

The thriving Noble State of Gloucesterian economy, worth 661 trillion Leicester gold pieces a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,017 Leicester gold pieces, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

The recently liberated free press cautiously uses compliment sandwiches to cushion its criticisms of Lorenz Hellman Gloucester, the wreckages of bombed planes that litter The Noble State of Gloucester are highly popular tourist destinations, the carcasses of double-deckers can be found littering high streets all around the country, and a new generation of aquariumless hotels are being built under government supervision. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Noble State of Gloucester's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Seirosism.

The Noble State of Gloucester is ranked 252,043^rd in the world and 9^th in Fodlan for Nicest Citizens, with 8.98 average smiles per day.