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The Conservative of The Gipper is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ronald Reagan with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, unlimited-speed roads, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 29.005 billion Gipperians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ashbrook. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.7%.

The powerhouse Gipperian economy, worth a remarkable 2,837 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is 97,821 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 491,585 per year while the poor average 10,889, a ratio of 45.1 to 1.

The people of The Gipper are renowned for their nihilistic attitudes, rural citizens live in terror of their local village constable, the government takes agricultural advice from a wasp-themed superhero, and children deemed 'disorderly' or otherwise unfit for public schools are shipped off to military academies. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Gipper's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Gipper is ranked 316,149^th in the world and 2^nd in Conservative America for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -9.63 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.