The Punk kids of Granny Fran is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its fear of technology, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.128 billion Granny Franians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Administration, with Welfare, Education, and Environment also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 34.1%.

The strong Granny Franian economy, worth 654 trillion Chips 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. 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 91,889 Chips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The Granny Franian cut of Apocalypse Now sets the helicopter scene to eerie silence, heated town halls quickly descend into shootouts between politicians and their constituents, disadvantaged youths often commit felonies to enhance their educational prospects, and proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Granny Fran's national animal is the Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Granny Fran is ranked 12,463^rd in the world and 1^st in Bakersville for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,592.44 on the Clooney Contribution Index.