The Republic of Graves is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Nosferatu with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-working, democratic population of 7.082 billion Graves hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amed. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.3%.

The all-consuming Gravesian economy, worth 523 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,804 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.9 times as much as the poorest.

Travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, politicians' financial records are locked up tighter than the nation's Dollar reserves, sushi just hasn't been the same since salmon went extinct overnight, and restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Graves. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Graves's national animal is the Aquila, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Graves is ranked 52,904^th in the world and 273^rd in Talonia for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.77 percentage of bribes refused.