The Confederacy of Gartentor is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 160 million Gartentorians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.4%.

The very strong Gartentorian economy, worth 11.5 trillion Amber Leaves a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Gambling. Average income is 71,840 Amber Leaves, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 238,666 per year while the poor average 16,128, a ratio of 14.8 to 1.

Teachers regularly paddle unruly students, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, Ollie the Oiled Seal welcomes throngs of tourists to the newly opened Oil Oasis Water Park, and more citizens have access to Maxtopian Grass than clean drinking water. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Gartentor's national animal is the Stoopid Ant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gartentor is ranked 115,403^rd in the world and 85^th in The Hole To Hide In for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 79.26 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.