The Republic of Middle Gertbland is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 7.529 billion Gertblanders are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pont. The average income tax rate is 57.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gertblander economy, worth 765 trillion Gertblander Straceles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 101,619 Gertblander Straceles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Little children cry as their rainbow drawings are seized by the Straight-Thought Police, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records, older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, and for just a few extra Gertblander Straceles Gertblanders can get new driving records with their new cars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Middle Gertbland's national animal is the Lamb, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Middle Gertbland is ranked 42,202^nd in the world and 15^th in Northern Utopia for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,007.85 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.