The Most Serene Republic of Gardie is a colossal, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.743 billion Gardieans 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 16.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Gardiean economy, worth 260 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 54,826 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers, Kitsunes with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Gardie City Natural History Museum, and aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gardie's national animal is the Kitsune, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gardie is ranked 241,153^rd in the world and 10^th in Terra for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 16.56 Effective Tax Rate.