The Trance of Goa is a titanic, cultured nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 19.718 billion Goans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Goan economy, worth a remarkable 2,785 trillion Golds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,276 Golds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 451,498 per year while the poor average 33,581, a ratio of 13.4 to 1.

Elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, the government spares every expense for national defence, new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, and elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goa's national animal is the Elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Goa is ranked 298,932^nd in the world and 2^nd in Trance for Nicest Citizens, with 1.08 average smiles per day.