The Gumshoe Detective Agency of Jake Gittes is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.68 billion Jake Gitteses 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 56.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Jake Gittes economy, worth 82.5 trillion Greenbacks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 17,618 Greenbacks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jake Gittes's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jake Gittes is ranked 128,123^rd in the world and 1^st in Chinatown for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,542.33 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.