The Shadow of The Grimm Reaper is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Death with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, complete lack of prisons, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.868 billion Reapers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mon Repos. The average income tax rate is 21.7%.

The thriving Grimm economy, worth 586 trillion LifeTimes a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,331 LifeTimes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, atheists are heavily taxed, and heroes long thought dead are promptly killed upon their return. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Grimm Reaper's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cult of Duty.

The Grimm Reaper is ranked 56,907^th in the world and 30^th in The Bar on the corner of every region for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,309.18 on the Gilded Widget Scale.