The Republic of GKLess is a titanic, pleasant nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. The hard-working population of 11.681 billion GKLessians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 20.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The GKLessian economy, worth 560 trillion salts a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,944 salts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, the GKLess City Pride Parade's head banner explains how unionizing is heteronormative, and evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right. Crime is relatively low. GKLess's national animal is the llama.

GKLess is ranked 220,006^th in the world and 229^th in Forest for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 784.42 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.