The Commonwealth of Gresonia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.123 billion Gresonians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tarasac. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Gresonian economy, worth 55.4 trillion Juronas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,308 Juronas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, board shorts have replaced board rooms, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, and Leader is strangely popular with male politicians' wives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gresonia's national animal is the Heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gresonia is ranked 301,611^th in the world and 3,521^st in the South Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 14,003.61 Standard Monetary Units.