The Free Land of Gamma Leonis is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 3.598 billion Gamma Leonians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Gamma Leonisian economy, worth 134 trillion lire 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, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. 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 37,506 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A signed affidavit from a prominent anti-corruption advocate declares that she is in fact a crook after all, even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister, the legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system, and chest pains are considered part of the dining experience in Gamma Leonisian restaurants. Crime is well under control. Gamma Leonis's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gamma Leonis is ranked 270,907^th in the world and 12^th in Lair of the Dragon for Highest Average Incomes, with 37,506.58 Standard Monetary Units.