The Glorious Duchy Confederation of Granade is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by 𝕯𝖎𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖎 𝕲𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖚𝖘 𝕴𝕴 with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The democratic, devout population of 3.884 billion 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖘 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 𝕽𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖆𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕻𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖆𝖊. The average income tax rate is 57.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖛𝖒 economy, worth 454 trillion 𝕻𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖒 𝕴𝖒𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘s 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 116,939 𝕻𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖒 𝕴𝖒𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All artwork is carefully screened for offensive material, turning eighteen is often referred to as the 'Age of Aquarius', the government maintains a Department of Skulduggery, and government election advice reads like a restaurant menu. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Granade's national animal is the 𝕼𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖆𝖗𝖞 𝕰𝖆𝖌𝖑𝖊, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖞.

Granade is ranked 169,102^nd in the world and 34^th in New United Kingdom of Albion for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 7,311.66 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.