The Disputed Territories of Gem is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 135 million queers 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 medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, although Education, Healthcare, and International Aid are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 39.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped queer economy, worth 4.11 trillion cherry petals 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 30,427 cherry petals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Gem's national animal is the Oshawott, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gem is ranked 169,012^th in the world and 3,034^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 57.88 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.