The Confederacy of Gate Fences Make Gates is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 28.871 billion Gate Fences Make Gatesians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 49.3%.

The Gate Fences Make Gatesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,338 trillion buckaroos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 46,371 buckaroos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gate Fences Make Gates's national animal is the slat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gate Fences Make Gates is ranked 137,542^nd in the world and 1^st in Gatesville for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.05 law-abiding acts per hour.