>>77272457YOU LIE.
Tell them you had ample funds and stayed home with your parent, relative or whatever to help them during hard times. Tell them you volunteered. Tell them you got injured.
LIE.
What are they gonna do, do a background check whether you were dicking around on your computer or helping an elderly relative?
Having a gap in your resume shouldn't be an issue at all, we agree here, but it is because a bunch of corporate HR retards made it so. Turn the tables on them and make them feel bad for even asking the question. Fuck them.