The Hive Mind of Grant Ward is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 22.636 billion Hydra Members are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 29.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Grant Ward economy, worth 81.1 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 3,584 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grant Ward's national animal is the Kree, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grant Ward is ranked 237,403^rd in the world and 1^st in Hydra Main Command for Nicest Citizens, with 10.55 average smiles per day.