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The Ace and Based of Glo is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kris with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, triple-decker prams, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.971 billion Glowns are prohibited from doing almost everything but make sure no one in government gets away with anything either.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Gloan economy, worth 390 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,337 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Weather reports simply advise Glowns to 'look outside', winceyette robes are a popular wedding gift, the government-run newspapers insist that everything is fine, and the government is a law unto itself. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Glo's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bobism.

Glo is ranked 29,993^rd in the world and 82^nd in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,668.38 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.