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The Consortium of Gauthier is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President Johnson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 14.123 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

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.

The government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, children are raised bilingual from an early age, legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, and tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests. 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 2475th in the region and 54,687th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.