The Republic of Gildenshtuck is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Oliver Blue with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.658 billion Gildenshtuckians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amora. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gildenshtuckian economy, worth 786 trillion gildens a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 168,774 gildens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The news is showing footage of Oliver Blue bullying an old man to the point of tears, political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads, foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, and prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gildenshtuck's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Freedom Christianity.

Gildenshtuck is ranked 279,804^th in the world and 6,182^nd in The North Pacific for Safest, scoring 6.7 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.