The Half-pound of Gabagool is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.43 billion Gabagoolians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.6%.

The very strong Gabagoolian economy, worth 109 trillion antipastoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Gambling. Average income is 76,535 antipastoes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 392,351 per year while the poor average 8,186, a ratio of 47.9 to 1.

Children are seen fighting in the playground for bread scraps that fall out of diamond-encrusted lunchboxes, failing businesses often become the sites of unsolved murders, competing private ambulances racing to be the first to traffic accidents are a major cause of road accidents, and charity workers dole out hardtack from behind designer sunglasses. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Gabagool's national animal is the Soprano, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gabagool is ranked 82,431^st in the world and 7^th in THE SUPER POWERS for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 36.76 on the Bus Surprisal Index.