The Republic of Groundskeeper is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 1.101 billion Groundskeeperians 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 Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 33.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Groundskeeperian economy, worth 22.4 trillion lire 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, broadly diversified black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 20,311 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ad-blocking has been nationalised, 'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and posters on 'Groundskeeperian Values' advise against being proud of Groundskeeper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Groundskeeper's national animal is the bison, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Groundskeeper is ranked 296,333^rd in the world and 780^th in Aetherius for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.15 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.