The Republic of Gate Island is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its smutty television, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.002 billion Gate Islandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 60.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Gate Islandian economy, worth 747 trillion Golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 93,389 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, and truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gate Island's national animal is the Clam, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Gate Island is ranked 72,087^th in the world and 489^th in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Highest Average Incomes, with 93,389.61 Standard Monetary Units.