The Science Ninja Team of Gatchaman is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ken Washio with a fair hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, conspicuous electricity pylons, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.77 billion Gatchamanians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nambu. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Gatchamanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,182 trillion Wings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 231,129 Wings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, the nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea, state dairy cow's milk is a shear-thickening fluid that can stop small-caliber bullets, and older citizens lament over the loss of law and order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gatchaman's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gatchaman is ranked 242,158^th in the world and 17^th in Schopenhauer for Largest Black Market, with 221 billion Standard Monetary Units.