The Republic of Gitantic is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 967 million Gitanticians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Gitantic. The average income tax rate is 35.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Gitantician economy, worth 62.4 trillion Gitantican Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,512 Gitantican Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, and election officials are delivered in 30 minutes or money back. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gitantic's national animal is the Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Gitantic is ranked 135,364^th in the world and 47^th in Rosaria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 79.18 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.