The Confederal Republic of Grod Island is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Oaseir Fiona Elesham with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.087 billion Grodians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Domreis. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Grodian economy, worth a remarkable 2,179 trillion Dollops a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 166,515 Dollops, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Autocrats are persona non grata, being Prime Oaseir Fiona Elesham has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, the constant playing of Merry Birthday on Grodian radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity, and the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Grod Island's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Grod Island is ranked 11,759^th in the world and 27^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 9,087.96 on the Gilded Widget Scale.