The Dictatorship of Granch is a small, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 20 million Granchers are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.1%.

The powerhouse Granchian economy, worth 1.36 trillion toenails a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is 68,164 toenails, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 198,055 per year while the poor average 18,567, a ratio of 10.7 to 1.

People are always able to look each other in the eye, Leader's latest speech included a bizarre reference to MaxWow incontinence pads being 50% more absorbent than the next leading brand, families consisting of more than three people are forced to split up, and it's not mass murder when the government does it. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force. Granch's national animal is the human, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Granch is ranked 137,265^th in the world and 4^th in Vaagot Land for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,326.89 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.