The Holy Empire of Gertyx is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Orlando en Dihal with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The cynical population of 3.724 billion Great Gertyxians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ronalion. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gertyxian economy, worth 552 trillion Mullerties a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 148,473 Mullerties, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only persecuted professionals need apply for asylum, the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, the only way to escape lengthy prison terms is in a body bag, and creating dance remixes is the newest form of conspicuous consumption. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gertyx's national animal is the Fert, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Alorianism.

Gertyx is ranked 45,597^th in the world and 269^th in Europeia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 670.38 on the Clooney Contribution Index.