The Republic of Gates is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 1.283 billion Gatesians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.7%.

The very strong Gatesian economy, worth 65.4 trillion rubledollars a year, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 51,010 rubledollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 252,783 per year while the poor average 5,836, a ratio of 43.3 to 1.

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

Gates is ranked 239,880^th in the world and 7,657^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 115.42 on the Gilded Widget Scale.