The Hunter of Father Gascoigne is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its smutty television, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 12.922 billion Father Gascoigneans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 36.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Father Gascoignean economy, worth 716 trillion Dollars a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,442 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Father Gascoigne's national animal is the Spider, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Father Gascoigne is ranked 92,625^th in the world and 590^th in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.82 law-abiding acts per hour.