The Alexandrite Cat's Eye of Gembox 53 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 4.703 billion Gembox 53ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 47.7%.

The powerhouse Gembox 53ian economy, worth 391 trillion pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,227 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, there's more than one way to skin a diplomat, and colours are running as Gembox 53ians take on their own laundry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gembox 53's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gembox 53 is ranked 229,770^th in the world and 36^th in Ribbon for Most Beautiful Environments, with 311.38 pounds of wildlife per square mile.