The Federal Socialist Republic of Comrade Itsuka Kotori is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Chairwoman Grey Tempest with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cheerful population of 14.498 billion Griffinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Romau. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Griffinian economy, worth a remarkable 7,274 trillion Yuan a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is a breathtaking 501,728 Yuan, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police ransack more houses than criminals do, executions are marked by quiet dignity and maybe a final round or two of whist, the military has declared war on all religious influence, and passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Comrade Itsuka Kotori's national animal is the Kyubey-Incubator, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Griffonia Religions.

Comrade Itsuka Kotori is ranked 272^nd in the world and 2^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Most Cultured, scoring 636 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.