The Dictatorship of Granch is a mid-sized, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 74 million Granchers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.8%.

The powerhouse Granchian economy, worth 5.95 trillion toenails a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,420 toenails, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

A nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero, ghost regiments exist only on paper, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, and sociologists ponder how baby-napped ethnic minority 'runaways' could have gone so bad so soon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Granch's national animal is the human, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Granch is ranked 317,003^rd in the world and 9^th in Vaagot Land for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -5.48 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.