The Socialist Federation of Gh0sty is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Yair Wolfson with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.892 billion Ghostians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wolfsonstadt. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ghostian economy, worth a remarkable 2,714 trillion Ghostian Credits 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 195,399 Ghostian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign leaders are advising that President Yair Wolfson's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, and high school bands practice by moonlight. Crime is totally unknown. Gh0sty's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gh0sty is ranked 3,205^th in the world and 1^st in OmniOne for Highest Food Quality, scoring 240.8 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.