The Republic of Pearl Gateway is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, complete lack of prisons, and public floggings. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.481 billion Pearl Gatewayians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lumina City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Pearl Gatewayian economy, worth 156 trillion Pearlian Pearls a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,617 Pearlian Pearls, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, there's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, and shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pearl Gateway's national animal is the Pearl Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Pearl Gateway is ranked 218,131^st in the world and 875^th in Europe for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -3.1 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.