The Most Serene Republic of Grand Island is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 25.813 billion Grand Islanders love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education and Healthcare also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Grand Islandian economy, worth 478 trillion Lighthouses 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. 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 18,534 Lighthouses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grand Island's national animal is the Walenda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grand Island is ranked 103,653^rd in the world and 1^st in Mount Niagara for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.43 law-abiding acts per hour.