The Kingdom of Gilbertion is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 553 million Gilbertionians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Giltopia. The average income tax rate is 48.7%.

The very strong Gilbertionian economy, worth 36.9 trillion Geros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,701 Geros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Penurious citizens die from easily remedied ailments because they aren't 'taking enough initiative', you can call your arthritic immigrant neighbour for all your roof-tiling and guttering needs, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, and children seem to be getting better at lying these days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gilbertion's national animal is the Mudskipper in a M2a2 Bradley, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gilbertion is ranked 262,641^st in the world and 36^th in Terra Pacis for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.87 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.