The One and Only Official of Ghost is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by George Washington's Ghost with an even hand, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 13.582 billion ghosts are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spookane. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ghostian economy, worth 638 trillion cryptoes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,008 cryptoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teachers prefer to give 'Maybe, Maybe Not' tests when dealing with sensitive subjects, the "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Spookane, and voting is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghost's national animal is the skeleton, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghost is ranked 118,134^th in the world and 554^th in the Outback for Most Developed, scoring 58.4 on the Human Development Index.