The Republic of Grensal is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime, avant-garde cinema, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 323 million Grensalians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lebrun. The average income tax rate is 47.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Grensalian economy, worth 23.9 trillion Leuros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,989 Leuros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, the justice of Grensal is considered superior to that of other nations, foreign leaders who don't applaud Leader's speeches are regarded as enemies of Grensal, and troop transports blacken the sky as the military commences Operation Desert Ocean. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grensal's national animal is the Ant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Grensal is ranked 43,606^th in the world and 735^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 30.5 flags saluted per person per day.