The Empire of Goblin 43 is a mammoth, cultured nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, devout population of 9.883 billion Goblin 43ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 53.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Goblin 43ian economy, worth 553 trillion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 56,041 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Contemporary art museums showcase the latest in centuries-old art, preschoolers practice disarming active shooters before naptime, birdsong in the mountains has to be loud enough to drown out nearby jackhammers, and sales of superhero insurance have skyrocketed after the government abandoned the police in favor of vigilantes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Goblin 43's national animal is the panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Goblin 43 is ranked 288,596^th in the world and 28^th in Gobbotopia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.25 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.