The Looming Shadow of Gebeta is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Alois with an even hand, and renowned for its digital currency, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, humorless population of 26.377 billion Gebetians 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.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bensa. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The enormous but inefficient Gebetan economy, worth a remarkable 2,054 trillion Kupfers a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 77,907 Kupfers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, foreign nations often blame poverty and terrorism on Gebetan selfishness, sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed, and treaties are taken to be mere rules of thumb. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gebeta's national animal is the Renatia Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gebeta is ranked 90,264^th in the world and 74^th in Sparkalia for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,811.72 on the Gilded Widget Scale.