The United Socialist States of Gryocho is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Hyukk with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, devout population of 10.06 billion Gryochoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sukocha. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Gryochoan economy, worth 752 trillion pieces of eight 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. 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 74,820 pieces of eight, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One complaint of Gryocho's new periodic table is it's easy to confuse fearlessleaderium with gloriousleaderium, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, and the state considers itself the 'third parent' of every child in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gryocho's national animal is the Eight-Span Bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Peligroso.

Gryocho is ranked 36,138^th in the world and 2,263^rd in Balder for Highest Poor Incomes, with 66,507.25 Standard Monetary Units.