The Second Democratic Republic of Armed Power is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Felix III with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 2.829 billion Grandians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingsbank. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Grandian economy, worth 288 trillion Gaons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 101,799 Gaons, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 330,066 per year while the poor average 23,691, a ratio of 13.9 to 1.

Elected officials who disagree with Felix III have a lot of accidents, nefarious Blackacrean surveillance has been replaced with patriotic Grandian surveillance, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, and civil engineers are undermining sinkholes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Armed Power's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Armed Power is ranked 209,952^nd in the world and 260^th in Christians for Smartest Citizens, with 23.93 quips per hour.