The Archipelago of Gilbert Islands is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Gilbert with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and enforced nudity. The compassionate population of 36.143 billion Gilbert Islandsians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Social Policy, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gilbertopolis. The average income tax rate is 36.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Gilbert Islandsian economy, worth a remarkable 2,380 trillion australian dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 65,854 australian dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An iron curtain has descended around the nation, Gilbert Islandsian actors literally work from cradle to grave, the Gilbert Islandsian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Gilbert Islands's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gilbert Islands is ranked 34,977^th in the world and 36^th in belgium for Smartest Citizens, with 52.3 quips per hour.