Gravity Falls

Gnomes are social creatures and appear to have advanced social structures: they are ruled by a queen, they have criminal laws, a police force to enforce them and an "adorable owl" who acts as their judge. They also have commercial establishments such as taverns. They also seem capable of training animals and talking to them, given that Jeff trained squirrels to follow his commands and spoke to one by name and that the tavern has "squirrel parking." They also use deer as police vehicles. Gnomes can write, as evidenced by the inscriptions outside their tavern and on trees. The gnome queen is normally a female gnome who is considered to be the "most beautiful." Once queen, she acts as a mediator, law enforcer and spouse to the other gnomes. Without a queen, gnomes tend to become more feral in behavior.