The Free Land of Greater Blandrales is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.214 billion Greater Blandralesians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 62.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Greater Blandralesian economy, worth 25.4 trillion People's Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 20,891 People's Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather, heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-People's Mark treacle machine, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, and politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Blandrales's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Greater Blandrales is ranked 199,909^th in the world and 3,857^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Populations, with 1.21 billion capita.