The Dictatorship of Gantalia is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 581 million Gantalians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.8%.

The powerhouse Gantalian economy, worth 45.8 trillion doge coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 78,860 doge coins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 310,861 per year while the poor average 13,563, a ratio of 22.9 to 1.

Posh restaurants scatter glass fragments on the dining room floor to keep out barefoot undesirables, pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty, the tax department is having withdrawal symptoms, and 100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Gantalia's national animal is the greater prairie chicken, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gantalia is ranked 42,413^th in the world and 888^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.96 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.