The Republic of Grancrest is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Lady Isabella with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, state-planned economy, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.303 billion Grancrestians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sophia. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Grancrestian economy, worth a remarkable 3,401 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 365,676 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Military spending is on the increase, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, a nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero, and in a fit of passion Lady Isabella has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grancrest's national animal is the Harpy Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Grancrest is ranked 345,866^th in the world and 4,935^th in the Rejected Realms for Nicest Citizens, with 0.09 average smiles per day.