The Presidential Republic of South Gabeland is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President Gabriel Trayte with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.589 billion Gablindians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Traytonia. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient South Gabelandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,900 trillion Gablls a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,820 Gablls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, and politicians always seem reluctant to publish their tax returns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Gabeland's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

South Gabeland is ranked 9,530^th in the world and 4^th in Atlantis for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,440.31 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.