The Republic of Grensal is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, avant-garde cinema, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 286 million Grensalians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lebrun. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.3%.

The thriving Grensalian economy, worth 20.3 trillion Leuros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 70,979 Leuros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 230,885 per year while the poor average 16,440, a ratio of 14.0 to 1.

The nation's new currency features full-length portraits of Leader in ermine and velvet garb, every workday begins with group therapy, the moral worth of national allies is judged by their GDP, and state media insists that Leader is the most fashionable leader in the South Pacific. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grensal's national animal is the Ant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Grensal is ranked 38,772^nd in the world and 690^th in the South Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 55.82 kickbacks per hour.