The Supreme and Exalted Empire of Gatchina is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Prime Minister Wentworth with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, strictly enforced bedtime, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.933 billion Gatchinans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strelsau. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 77.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Gatchinan economy, worth a remarkable 4,242 trillion Rubles a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Gambling, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 284,129 Rubles, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,192,989 per year while the poor average 43,978, a ratio of 27.1 to 1.

The nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', carrots are orange, apples are red and food waste is increasing, builders across Gatchina are blocked up with orders for new public loos, and maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Gatchina's national animal is the Double Headed Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Judaism USCJ.

Gatchina is ranked 169,768^th in the world and 1^st in Gatchina Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Most Cultured, scoring -2 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.