The Armed Technocracy of The Gelseen Hegemony is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chancellor Speers with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 15.368 billion Gelseens 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rovenoir. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Gelseen Hegemonyian economy, worth an astonishing 10,949 trillion Gold Dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 712,456 Gold Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Statue-sitting has replaced the stake-out as the dullest form of police duty, it's a marvellous night for a moon dance as the sparks on your home start to rise, smoking is banned in public areas, and cars speed down national highways while drivers sleep at the wheel. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Gelseen Hegemony's national animal is the Red Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Worship through Creation.

The Gelseen Hegemony is ranked 430^th in the world and 19^th in Lazarus for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 31,526.51 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.