The Federal Republic of Grande Oeste is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 227 million Colonos are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 20.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Colono economy, worth 17.8 trillion pinhaos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,373 pinhaos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Requests for password resets peak during election season, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet, and superfoods are often seen as supervillains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grande Oeste's national animal is the pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Grande Oeste is ranked 302,460^th in the world and 1,684^th in the Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 16.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.