The People's Republic of Gran Magna is a large, efficient nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 89 million Gran Magnans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.6%.

The very strong Gran Magnan economy, worth 5.65 trillion Krownes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 63,480 Krownes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 204,568 per year while the poor average 14,906, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

Teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, military spending is on the increase, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Gran Magna's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gran Magna is ranked 193,463^rd in the world and 293^rd in Astoria for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.