The Great Lands of Grishahakkaverchynot is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Verchy Rulers with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 8.497 billion Verchies enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Savisia. The average income tax rate is 30.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Verchy economy, worth 852 trillion points a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 100,278 points, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, tea and biscuits have replaced waterboarding and sleep deprivation as the primary tools of interrogation, and hordes of unemployed lumberjacks have resorted to cutting down utility poles to satisfy their cravings. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive. Grishahakkaverchynot's national animal is the bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Grishahakkaverchynot is ranked 291,691^st in the world and 394^th in Astoria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 16 law-abiding acts per hour.