The Free Land of Grusmar is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 85 million Gruses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 37.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Grusish economy, worth 2.99 trillion Grusmarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,192 Grusmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Graffiti graces every city's streets, surgical tape has taken on a distinctly red color, welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, and jaw strain is an increasingly common ailment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grusmar's national animal is the glass jelly, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grusmar is ranked 290,747^th in the world and 22^nd in Markion for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.31 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.