The Disputed Territories of Gem is a large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 50 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, with Education, Healthcare, and International Aid also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 36.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish queer economy, worth 1.25 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 25,060 cherry petals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no 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 255,187^th in the world and 4,357^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.16 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.