The Borderlands of The Gravel Pits is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, avowedly heterosexual populace, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 237 million Gravel Pitsians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Spirituality and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.5%.

The powerhouse Gravel Pitsian economy, worth 21.3 trillion USDS a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 89,698 USDS, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

The military has forsaken terrestrial warfare, immigrants who don't like the taste of Gravel Pitsian Turnip Chips are immediately deported, international trade is a sticky issue, and one complaint of The Gravel Pits's new periodic table is it's easy to confuse fearlessleaderium with gloriousleaderium. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. The Gravel Pits's national animal is the Rattlesnake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Gravel Pits is ranked 193,640^th in the world and 145^th in Hell for Lowest Crime Rates, with 57.49 law-abiding acts per hour.