The Technorepublic of Gentea is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Ludwig Esteves with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.279 billion Genteans 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 enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Treovia. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Gentean economy, worth a remarkable 2,934 trillion common gentean credits 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 205,528 common gentean credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blackacrean security services are wondering why Ludwig Esteves is so fond of the numbers 6, 7 and 9, no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore, nude folks shun cloaks at the seashore, and Dàguó lanterns outnumber streetlights in major cities. Crime is totally unknown. Gentea's national animal is the cardinal bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gentea is ranked 2,068^th in the world and 40^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 12,016.91 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.