The Gamblecore Urban Hellscape of The Front Range is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Minerva Potemkin with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, strictly enforced bedtime, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 9.334 billion Front Rangers are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Golden. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Front Ranger economy, worth a remarkable 2,334 trillion wampums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 250,084 wampums, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,283,578 per year while the poor average 3,013, a ratio of 757 to 1.

A long-distance hike gets students geared up for a long day at school, every child sleeps with a gun to protect themselves from the monster under the bed, newspaper stories fill several pages with colorful adjectives, and Minerva Potemkin is spearheading a new fashion trend of wearing swimming goggles and medieval armour. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Front Range's national animal is the coyote, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Front Range is ranked 331,205^th in the world and 4,236^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 1.86 Effective Tax Rate.