The Commonwealth of Gileston is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Lord Protector Adams with an even hand, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 4.852 billion Gilestonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Salem. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gilestonian economy, worth 692 trillion gens a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,777 gens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

International commentators accuse the nation of aggressive cultural imperialism, Gilestonians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, and a light breeze is enough to make Lord Protector Adams fold. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gileston's national animal is the moose, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Congregationalism.

Gileston is ranked 179,760^th in the world and 20^th in United States of America for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 369.09 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.