The United Socialist States of Gaitan is a small, genial nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 29 million Gaitanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Gaitanese economy, worth 258 billion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports. Average income is 8,915 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", snitches get riches, atheists in the nation feel uneasy living in buildings where they were once vilified, and one does not simply walk into the tundra. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gaitan's national animal is the black panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gaitan is ranked 39,754^th in the world and 5^th in Lehendia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 747.41 pounds of wildlife per square mile.