The Disputed Territories of Gem is a small, genial nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 29 million queers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and International Aid also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 36.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fragile queer economy, worth 726 billion cherry petals 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 25,060 cherry petals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Gem's national animal is the Oshawott, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gem is ranked 252,367^th in the world and 4,411^th in The East Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 15,838.47 Standard Monetary Units.