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The Consortium of Gauthier is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by President Johnson with an even hand, and renowned for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 13.883 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Petra. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

High-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, bicyclists are banned from major roads, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, and protests are legal but strictly supervised. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gauthier's national animal is the Vigilance Goshawk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Credit.

Gauthier is ranked 2233rd in the region and 50,896th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.