The Republic of Gemarimia is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its aversion to nipples and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 36 million Gemarimians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 16.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Gemarimian economy, worth 2.42 trillion lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 67,089 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, euthanasia is illegal, and conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Gemarimia's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gemarimia is ranked 63,985^th in the world and 1,653^rd in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.48 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.