The Grant of Strigina is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Flavio Palmisani with an even hand, and remarkable for its burgeoning Hunter's pheasant population. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 23.987 billion Strigines have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strigina. The average income tax rate is 30.0%.

The Strigine economy, worth 899 trillion livroes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 37,498 livroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Strigina has designated Strigina as its capital city, Flavio Palmisani has just been declared ruler of Strigina in an international press conference, Roman Catholicism has been named as Strigina's national religion, and the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction. Crime is moderate. Strigina's national animal is the Hunter's pheasant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Strigina is ranked 124,787^th in the world and 92^nd in Grant for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.