The Trees that Bend Over Roads of Gripae is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Mr Bent with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, daily referendums, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 15.053 billion Gripaeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Windiville. The average income tax rate is 74.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gripaean economy, worth a remarkable 2,186 trillion Griape Dollars 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 impressive 145,263 Griape Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, and citizens re-mortgage their homes to buy lottery tickets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Gripae's national animal is the Grappling Hook, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Cult of Bent Trees.

Gripae is ranked 78,744^th in the world and 59^th in Soul Cairn for Nudest, with 183.25 cheeks per square mile.