The People's Confederacy of Grod Island is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Secretary Fiona Elesham with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.528 billion Grodians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Domris. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Grodian economy, worth a remarkable 1,209 trillion Dollops a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 160,676 Dollops, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home, and atheistic refugees haven't got a prayer of being granted asylum. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grod Island's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secular Humanism.

Grod Island is ranked 2,541^st in the world and 17^th in The Leftist Assembly for Lowest Crime Rates, with 128.64 law-abiding acts per hour.