The Republic of Graves is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Nosferatu with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and pith helmet sales. The hard-working, democratic population of 7.033 billion Graves enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amed. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.8%.

The all-consuming Gravesian economy, worth 520 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,985 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.9 times as much as the poorest.

Travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, politicians' financial records are locked up tighter than the nation's Dollar reserves, sushi just hasn't been the same since salmon went extinct overnight, and restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Graves. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Graves's national animal is the Aquila, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Graves is ranked 89,358^th in the world and 239^th in Talonia for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,068.28 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.