The Republic of Grailquest is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Lancelot with an even hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, digital currency, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 23.911 billion Grailquestians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grailquest City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The strong Grailquestian economy, worth a remarkable 7,737 trillion Singapore dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Cheese Exports industry. Average income is an amazing 323,582 Singapore dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,840,790 per year while the poor average 27,689, a ratio of 66.5 to 1.

The entire entry for Grailquest in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless', grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, and the space program has been reduced to Lancelot's nephew playing with a cardboard space shuttle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grailquest's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grailquest is ranked 5^th in the world and 1^st in Balder for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 74,838.5 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.