The Borderlands of Gambopolis is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 785 million Wild Cards 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Leviathans Spire. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Joke economy, worth 124 trillion Chips 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, broadly diversified black market in Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, 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 an impressive 158,175 Chips, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 833,222 per year while the poor average 16,001, a ratio of 52.1 to 1.

The military has gone fission for more funding, the country routinely whitewashes uncomfortable parts of its history, the government's new "quiet competence" initiative has supporters and detractors alike reeling in confusion, and it's been a banner year for local vexillology. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Gambopolis's national animal is the Hydra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Gambopolis is ranked 23,593^rd in the world and 1^st in Marxtopia for Most Cultured, scoring 88 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.