The Kingdom of Gumbal is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.481 billion Gumbaloes 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gentoo. The average income tax rate is 57.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Gumbalian economy, worth 119 trillion Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,592 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Gumbaloes, and the Gumbalian basket weaving sector is on the brink of collapse as cheap imports flood the market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gumbal's national animal is the Housecat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gumbal is ranked 27,598^th in the world and 15^th in Palatine for Safest, scoring 110.01 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.