The United Socialist States of North Goiky is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 141 million Goikians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Goikian economy, worth 8.31 trillion Trade-tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 58,929 Trade-tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, and tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Goiky's national animal is the Davidian, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

North Goiky is ranked 58,661^st in the world and 828^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.17 law-abiding acts per hour.