The Empire of Grinhelm is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Kendall with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.197 billion Grinhelmians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of GrinHelm. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Grinhelmian economy, worth 263 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 119,804 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Corporate lobbying has been outlawed, some Grinhelmians have nicknamed the monarch "Caligula", Eagle is one of the most popular forenames in Grinhelm, and adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grinhelm's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is BassPro.

Grinhelm is ranked 290,678^th in the world and 15,651^st in Lazarus for Nicest Citizens, with 1.69 average smiles per day.