The Billy Joel Republics of Gloucester Clty is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Piano Man with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.327 billion Rizzlers are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chite City. The average income tax rate is 55.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Gloucester Cltyian economy, worth 82.4 trillion Bombs 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 a large, well-organized black market in Pizza Delivery, Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. 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 62,116 Bombs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Kindergarten teachers with ankle-bracelets are closely supervised by their parole officers, in a baffling press conference Piano Man proudly dismantled a broken door, newspapers cannot report anything about politicians without their explicit consent, and babies are a small but significant export. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gloucester Clty's national animal is the Tsar Bomba, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gloucester Clty is ranked 232,547^th in the world and 166^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -5.83 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.