The Republic of Pearl Gateway is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its public floggings, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.808 billion Pearl Gatewayians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lumina City. The average income tax rate is 68.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Pearl Gatewayian economy, worth 194 trillion Pearlian Pearls a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 107,804 Pearlian Pearls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government has implemented minimum wage laws, the military has forsaken terrestrial warfare, happiness is all being miserable together, and elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pearl Gateway's national animal is the Pearl Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Pearl Gateway is ranked 84,086^th in the world and 458^th in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,549.83 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.