The Empire of Goblin 8 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, anti-smoking policies, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed population of 12.651 billion Goblin 8ians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 58.8%.

The large but inefficient Goblin 8ian economy, worth 403 trillion pesos a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,923 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Residents of new housing subdivisions complain about the total absence of supermarkets and restaurants, grannies with arthritic hands work miserably on factory production lines, the armed forces pride themselves on being conventional and predictable, and Goblin 8 successfully hosted the Gobbotopia Olympics. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Goblin 8's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Goblin 8 is ranked 50,159^th in the world and 2^nd in Gobbotopia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,968.32 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.