The Multiversal Empire of Gateshi is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Henry Van der linden with a fair hand, and renowned for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 8.439 billion Shiganeses love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shiga Province. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Gateshien economy, worth a remarkable 2,469 trillion Qatevs 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 an amazing 292,598 Qatevs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sound of wooden legs echo throughout Gateshi after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, foreign invaders are putting Gateshien lab rats out of a job, no-one bats an eye when 'really good platonic friends' of the same sex hold hands in Gateshi, and Gateshi successfully hosted the Arakeia Olympics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gateshi's national animal is the Caramel Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholic Christianity.

Gateshi is ranked 5,123^rd in the world and 2^nd in Arakeia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 557.06 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.