The Radiation Levels of Gamelan V is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Chairman Songi with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 976 million Gamelians 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lambda Paz. The average income tax rate is 55.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Gamelian economy, worth 24.4 trillion Pleas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,019 Pleas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, and glamping Gamelians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gamelan V's national animal is the Waste Barge, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gamelan V is ranked 44,004^th in the world and 50^th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Most Beautiful Environments, with 719.38 pounds of wildlife per square mile.