The United Republics of Gartueg is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Marsung-nq Beaoc with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 1.391 billion Gartuegians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tent. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Gartuegian economy, worth 52.7 trillion Tarns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, Basket Weaving, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 37,922 Tarns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Graffiti graces every city's streets, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, and dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Gartueg's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gartueg is ranked 54,789^th in the world and 2^nd in Claistrora for Largest Black Market, with 12.5 trillion Standard Monetary Units.