The Empire of Greygard is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Arcturus Nott with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 18.045 billion Greygardians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astonia. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Greygardian economy, worth a remarkable 2,605 trillion Drakons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 144,402 Drakons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists are terrified of fabulous new breakthroughs, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Arcturus Nott to meetings with foreign heads of state, adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives, and AI chess masters play the Bongcloud opening to mock their human opponents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Greygard's national animal is the Brown Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Greygard is ranked 2,353^rd in the world and 126^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 140.65 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.