The Plastic Surgery of Granny Doris is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, complete absence of social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.042 billion Granny Dorisians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.6%.

The powerhouse Granny Dorisian economy, worth 670 trillion Chips 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 Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. 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 95,250 Chips, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

Signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, finding half a worm in your apple is an arrestable offense, and warning signs caution Granny Dorisians where they may fall off 'the edge of the world'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Granny Doris's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Granny Doris is ranked 42,442^nd in the world and 2^nd in Bakersville for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,985.06 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.