The Sylvan Kingdom of Willow Gate is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Queen with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 13.428 billion Gateholders are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of King's Eye. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Willow Gatean economy, worth a remarkable 1,925 trillion lycans a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. 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 an impressive 143,380 lycans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling, island residents must resort to canoes and sailboats to get to work, farting etiquette is taught in schools, and sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Willow Gate's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Willow Gate is ranked 975^th in the world and 16^th in the West Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 4,702.79 on the Clooney Contribution Index.