The Glorious Republic of Grancrest is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Isobel with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 12.01 billion Grancrestians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Isobel City. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Grancrestian economy, worth a remarkable 4,915 trillion Dollars 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 amazing 409,290 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Police officers catch up on their paperwork while handing their caseload to PIs, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, government officials say that if you close your eyes and wish really hard the budget deficit will go away, and high school bands practice by moonlight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grancrest's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grancrest is ranked 4,181^st in the world and 82^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 9,015.92 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.