The Colony of Ecrel Gatekeeper is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 4.297 billion Ecrel Gatekeeperians 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 Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ecrel Gatekeeperian economy, worth 72.8 trillion Ecrelian Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. Average income is 16,947 Ecrelian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ecrel Gatekeeper's national animal is the Flying Dodo, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ecrel Gatekeeper is ranked 186,117^th in the world and 5,659^th in the Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 9.72 Obesity Rate.