The Republic of Gildenshtuck is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Oliver Blue with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.634 billion Gildenshtuckians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amora. The average income tax rate is 81.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gildenshtuckian economy, worth 782 trillion gildens a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 168,834 gildens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government has undertaken a massive health education program to combat VODAIS, auditors are gutting every governmental department, the country is rumored to be a Brancalandian puppet state, and Gildenshtuckian tourists are encouraged to hand out spare condoms to locals while on vacation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gildenshtuck's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Freedom Christianity.

Gildenshtuck is ranked 17,575^th in the world and 625^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,571.86 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.