The Republic of Gilgal is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Supreme Commander Walter Ford with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.261 billion Gilgalites are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Joshua. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Gilgalian economy, worth 231 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 183,679 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Investigative journalism into politicians' misbehaviour has abruptly ended, government agents scour baking periodicals for subversive recipes, contestants on Gilgal's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent, and daydreaming on public transport is considered impolite. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gilgal's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Gilgal is ranked 3,397^th in the world and 13^th in Fifth Empire for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 7,124.13 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.