The Republic of Gourmet is a colossal, socially progressive nation, notable for its digital currency, free-roaming dinosaurs, and frequent executions. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 6.207 billion Gourmetians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Gourmetian economy, worth a remarkable 2,256 trillion currencies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 363,611 currencies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,552,698 per year while the poor average 54,672, a ratio of 28.4 to 1.

Phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, the nation's arms dealers guarantee discretion and untraceable transactions, and jailbreaking is the best-selling book category of the year. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gourmet's national animal is the animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gourmet is ranked 270,018^th in the world and 14^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Safest, scoring 10.33 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.