The Commonwealth of Gresonia is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.155 billion Gresonians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tarasac. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Gresonian economy, worth 57.9 trillion Juronas a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,110 Juronas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows, news headlines usually include p-values, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, and getting an abortion takes less hassle than writing a letter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gresonia's national animal is the Heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gresonia is ranked 28,435^th in the world and 146^th in the South Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 360.04 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.