The Social Republic of Grebanistan is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Bonelàn Zainesky with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.315 billion Grebanots are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grebanburg. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Grebanot economy, worth a remarkable 1,668 trillion Grebancoins 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. 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 228,080 Grebancoins, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

The dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market, almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, the most common doctor's prescription is "get out of my consulting room", and people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grebanistan's national animal is the Grebanist Boar, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Grebanistic Bhalidism.

Grebanistan is ranked 322,842^nd in the world and 910^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -13.34 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.