The Lucky Lunatic of The Phantom Gambler is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by The Phantom Gambler with an iron fist, and remarkable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical population of 1.478 billion Phantom Gamblerians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Casino Royale. The average income tax rate is 24.0%.

The Phantom Gamblerian economy, worth 67.7 trillion Chips a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,812 Chips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild, the blood, sweat, and tears of poor Phantom Gamblerians make research institutes rich, and political dissidents are cut off from essential services. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Phantom Gambler's national animal is the Gold-Passion Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Luck.

The Phantom Gambler is ranked 173,779^th in the world and 189^th in The Brotherhood of Malice for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 378.24 on the Gilded Widget Scale.