The Oppressed Peoples of Gallowphage is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 288 million Gallowphageans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 54.8%.

The Gallowphagean economy, worth 17.7 trillion Bones a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 61,313 Bones, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

Criminals are thrown to the Shoebill Storks to repay their debt to society, half of Gallowphagean history is deemed too unpatriotic to be mentioned in textbooks, the mouth-frothing Gallowphagean can be confused for a rabid Shoebill Stork, and kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gallowphage's national animal is the Shoebill Stork, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gallowphage is ranked 222,988^th in the world and 4^th in Contiguous Gaylord States for Highest Poor Incomes, with 19,285.33 Standard Monetary Units.