The Federal Republic of Gerardjestopia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, hard-working population of 801 million citizens of Gerardjestopia 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mondgeur. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Gerardjestopian economy, worth 45.1 trillion Cedar Euros a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,297 Cedar Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Police detectives carry phrenology calipers as part of their standard kit, politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, and modesty is treated with the side-eye. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gerardjestopia's national animal is the Human.

Gerardjestopia is ranked 220,531^st in the world and 176^th in The Sacred Elite for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 44.58 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.