The Republic of Grarda is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, avowedly heterosexual populace, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.589 billion Grardans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 80.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Grardan economy, worth 398 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 111,095 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending is on the increase, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, government officials frown on anything more technologically advanced than an abacus, and Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grarda's national animal is the porpoise, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Grarda is ranked 196,381^st in the world and 616^th in Cainitium for Safest, scoring 44.43 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.