The People's Republic of The Ghol is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by President Turk with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.965 billion Gholians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luxemburg. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Gholian economy, worth a remarkable 2,059 trillion points 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 187,803 points, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, all guns must be registered, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, and citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ghol's national animal is the ibex, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Ghol is ranked 327,344^th in the world and 786^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -16.04 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.