The Vrijmetselaars of Grootoosten is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Grootmeester with an iron fist, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 31.814 billion Grootoostenians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grootoosten City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Grootoostenian economy, worth a remarkable 4,415 trillion passers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 138,797 passers, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.

The holiday spirit must not be taken to the max, popular candidates who don't suffer last-second political scandals tend to get fished out of the Grootoosten City River, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, and being Grootmeester has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Grootoosten's national animal is the winkelhaak, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Grootoosten is ranked 289,370^th in the world and 11,235^th in Lazarus for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -12.76 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.