The State of Lordes Grunhelg is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 40.193 billion Helgians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 49.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Lordes Grunhelgian economy, worth a remarkable 1,983 trillion betales a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 49,349 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The Governor has just been declared ruler of Lordes Grunhelg in an international press conference, Lordes Grunhelg has designated Westminster as its capital city, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, and student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned deerball fields. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lordes Grunhelg's national animal is the deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lordes Grunhelg is ranked 123,100^th in the world and 83^rd in Ancient Lands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.4 law-abiding acts per hour.