The Sylvan Kingdom of Willow Gate is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Queen with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 9.863 billion Gateholders are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of King's Eye. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Willow Gatean economy, worth a remarkable 1,330 trillion lycans a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 134,899 lycans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award, glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, and government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Willow Gate's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Willow Gate is ranked 315,185^th in the world and 3,715^th in the West Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -15.1 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.