The Principality of Gracca is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Tamati I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, national health service, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.984 billion Graccans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Randgriz. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Graccan economy, worth 780 trillion G-Bills a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 156,663 G-Bills, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even secular Graccans are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs, and rural Graccans stare in awe at the bright lights of the big cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gracca's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Graccanism.

Gracca is ranked 15,862^nd in the world and 381^st in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 319.08 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.