The Republic of Gaffley is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.997 billion Gaffleyians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.6%.

The thriving Gaffleyian economy, worth 240 trillion deniers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 80,232 deniers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 283,999 per year while the poor average 16,365, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Gaffley's national animal is the falcon.

Gaffley is ranked 227,371^st in the world and 9,842^nd in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 238.44 on the Gilded Widget Scale.