The Holy Forest of -Graveyards- is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, soft-spoken computers, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate population of 16.949 billion -Graveyards-ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.7%.

The powerhouse -Graveyards-ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,321 trillion Snows a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is 77,958 Snows, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes, CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show, and the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Graveyards-'s national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Graveyards- is ranked 102,622^nd in the world and 7^th in The Graveyard for Highest Food Quality, scoring 22.55 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.