The Grant of Spiermanza is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Ulrico Bottaccino with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.79 billion Spiermanzans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sant'Emilla. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.0%.

The very strong Spiermanzan economy, worth a remarkable 1,070 trillion livroes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 44,980 livroes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 137,406 per year while the poor average 11,412, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, Spiermanza has designated Sant'Emilla as its capital city, Ulrico Bottaccino has just been declared ruler of Spiermanza in an international press conference, and Roman Catholicism has been named as Spiermanza's national religion. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Spiermanza's national animal is the Brute opposum and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Spiermanza is ranked 194,668^th in the world and 90^th in Grant for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring zero on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.