The Governance of Gastiez is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, ban on automobiles, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 46.062 billion Gasts are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.1%.

The strong Gastiezian economy, worth a remarkable 2,080 trillion pearls a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 45,168 pearls, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 138,453 per year while the poor average 11,404, a ratio of 12.1 to 1.

Psychological disorders are a taboo subject, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, councils up and down the country wrangle over legal matters, and the government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gastiez's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gastiez is ranked 220,369^th in the world and 25^th in United Nations for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 134.35 on the Hickory Productivity Index.