The Rogue Nation of Gryaz is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Vasya Nikolayeva with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 901 million Punks hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 48.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Punk economy, worth 74.8 trillion Meloches a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 83,046 Meloches, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny, a performance of the hit musical "Mamma Tua" has been delayed after squatters were found sleeping in the orchestra pit, blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic, and turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Gryaz's national animal is the Warrior Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gryaz is ranked 93,524^th in the world and 1^st in That Part Of The Forest for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 3,566.32 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.