The Republic of Mushroom Gorge is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 316 million Mushroom Gorgers 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, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Public Transport, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mushroom Gorge. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.0%.

The Mushroom Gorger economy, worth 15.1 trillion wimmings a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,825 wimmings, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign lack of enthusiasm for Mushroom Gorger nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, frightened witnesses and seriously ill jurors wear the same handcuffs as the defendant, photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls, and Mushroom Gorge has designated Mushroom Gorge as its capital city. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Mushroom Gorge's national animal is the sussy baka, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mushroom Gorge is ranked 231,463^rd in the world and 69^th in Callista for Highest Drug Use, scoring 17.8 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.