The Empire of Grendeli is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 28.617 billion Grendelians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.5%.

The thriving Grendelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,301 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 45,489 francs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 186,703 per year while the poor average 7,317, a ratio of 25.5 to 1.

Political activists are routinely executed, Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and military spending is on the increase. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Grendeli's national animal is the quail.

Grendeli is ranked 176,588^th in the world and 10^th in Union of Free Nations for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 35,709.53 Standard Monetary Units.