The New Beginnings Old Endings of Gavriel is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.396 billion Gavrielians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gavrielian economy, worth 880 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,820 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, exterminators swarm Gavrielian homes, fidgety cubicle workers play with their balls, and most academic research has ground to a halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gavriel's national animal is the dreamflier, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gavriel is ranked 31,091^st in the world and 3^rd in Portugal de Esquerda for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,615.42 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.