The Republic of Grayiow is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.765 billion Grayiowians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 43.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Grayiowian economy, worth 90.7 trillion dollars 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. 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 51,380 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All industry is owned and run by the government, dreams of entering the Super League have been relegated to the history books, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grayiow's national animal is the aplix, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grayiow is ranked 18,087^th in the world and 5^th in Red Autumn for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 6,772.19 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.