The United States of Gauchia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 341 million Gauchians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Portu Alégri. The average income tax rate is 32.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Gauchian economy, worth 14.5 trillion gauchian reais a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 42,640 gauchian reais, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Immigrant herding has become a national pastime, recognizing the Gauchian flag qualifies you for citizenship, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, and there's a lot of babies crying for milk in the middle of the day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gauchia's national animal is the quero-quero, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gauchia is ranked 176,464^th in the world and 2^nd in The Brazilian AU for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 993.75 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.