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The Republic of Pearl Gateway is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.796 billion Pearl Gatewayians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lumina City. The average income tax rate is 68.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Pearl Gatewayian economy, worth 193 trillion Pearlian Pearls a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 107,731 Pearlian Pearls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

The Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, the government has implemented minimum wage laws, and the military has forsaken terrestrial warfare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pearl Gateway's national animal is the Pearl Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Pearl Gateway is ranked 296,754^th in the world and 1,201^st in Europe for Most Primitive, scoring -269.11 on the Scary Big Number Scale.