The Federation of Changeling Grove is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 111 million Changeling Groveans 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 53.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Changeling Grovean economy, worth 4.99 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,998 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Racial and religious segregation has become rife as the various groups are loath to mingle, school children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel, the real art was the AI friends we made along the way, and all tariffs have been abolished. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Changeling Grove's national animal is the fennec fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Changeling Grove is ranked 55,203^rd in the world and 81^st in Karma for Safest, scoring 101.62 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.