The Dominion of Gertrude2 is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 7.946 billion Gertrude2ians 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, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Gertrude2ian economy, worth 112 trillion chess pieces a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. Average income is 14,206 chess pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many of the unemployed have had the fight taken out of them, the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, the Gallery of Instasnap is the most popular museum in the country, and a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gertrude2's national animal is the porygon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gertrude2 is ranked 301,911^th in the world and 16,213^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.17 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.