The Last Refuge of Grim Haven is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kito Orrin with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, zero percent divorce rate, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 9.772 billion Havenites have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haven. The average income tax rate is 74.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Havenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,877 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 192,096 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Saying "don't do anything that Kito Orrin wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal, photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Kito Orrin's bedroom, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and chrome-clad space marines are such stuff that dreams are made on. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Grim Haven's national animal is the Fish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Refuge.

Grim Haven is ranked 244,706^th in the world and 4,795^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 53.54 law-abiding acts per hour.