The Rice Farming District of Gilbertion is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its national health service, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 614 million Gilbertionians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Giltopia. The average income tax rate is 49.5%.

The powerhouse Gilbertionian economy, worth 50.1 trillion Geros a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,582 Geros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Lonely children write fanfiction about absent fathers, citizens gather eagerly to witness exotic animals being blasted out of cannons, Big Brother is still watching even when your big brother is dead, and relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gilbertion's national animal is the Mudskipper in a M2a2 Bradley, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gilbertion is ranked 303,260^th in the world and 37^th in Terra Pacis for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring zero on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.