The People's Republic of Gemert is a huge, safe nation, ruled by President WH with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 866 million Gemertians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gemert. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.8%.

The strong Gemertian economy, worth 57.8 trillion Gemertse Guldens a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 66,737 Gemertse Guldens, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

President WH has just been declared ruler of Gemert in an international press conference, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', the average person needs three full-time jobs just to get by, and fiscal policy hawks decry the sizable "panem et circenses" fund added to the public budget. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gemert's national animal is the Gemertse Dog, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Gemert is ranked 119,657^th in the world and 5,512^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.