The Republic of Ben Grandiald is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 6.176 billion Ben Grandialdians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 63.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ben Grandialdian economy, worth 795 trillion pounds 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Tourism. 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 impressive 128,828 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Stews often contain used tissues and pocket fluff, children wondering what happens to pets after they die are shown where the compost heap is, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, and international negotiations always lead to a lot of missile-laneous expenses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ben Grandiald's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ben Grandiald is ranked 82,380^th in the world and 13^th in the scammers for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,195.37 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.