The United Labrador Pointers of Gracierra is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by the people with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.278 billion Gracies are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tailwag. The average income tax rate is 85.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gracie economy, worth 964 trillion treats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 153,515 treats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, a five-year-old and a convicted terrorist can sit alongside one another in jury service, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, and anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Gracierra's national animal is the labrador pointer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is unconditional love.

Gracierra is ranked 9,388^th in the world and 3^rd in Dexter for Most Developed, scoring 91.14 on the Human Development Index.