The Dictatorship of Gemma aeterna is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 710 million Gemma aeternans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Tower of mirrors. The average income tax rate is 66.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Gemma aeternan economy, worth 17.1 trillion better horses 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 24,117 better horses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It takes a village to catch a criminal, money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution, foreign nations often blame poverty and terrorism on Gemma aeternan selfishness, and weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gemma aeterna's national animal is the dictatorial pound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gemma aeterna is ranked 85,377^th in the world and 1,011^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 112.11 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.