The Christian States of Gideon is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Archbishop Dominic II with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, triple-decker prams, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 1.934 billion Gidonians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joash. The average income tax rate is 83.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Gideonian economy, worth 184 trillion Shekels a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 95,445 Shekels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land, hell is not always other people, and interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBG Governor goes house hunting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gideon's national animal is the Lamb, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Gideon is ranked 281,599^th in the world and 73^rd in Union of Christian Nations for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.67 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.