The Holy Empire of Gran Byzanti is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 165 million Gran Byzantians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.1%.

The thriving Gran Byzantian economy, worth 14.8 trillion Byzantian tiramisus a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,447 Byzantian tiramisus, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Those who turn the other cheek seem to enjoy being slapped just a little too much, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population, and RGBN holds its breath as nuclear warfare is being seriously considered. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gran Byzanti's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gran Byzanti is ranked 87,099^th in the world and 39^th in RGBN for Most Beautiful Environments, with 584.2 pounds of wildlife per square mile.