The Free Land of Griegs is a massive, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.351 billion Griegsians 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 enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Griegsian economy, worth 47.1 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 34,879 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even God cannot save you in Griegs, criminal convictions are routinely thrown out because the accused's grandmother didn't get to testify about their good character, the nation's war memorials are being torn down and replaced with peace gardens, and tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Griegs's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Griegs is ranked 178,016^th in the world and 31^st in Rocketopia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.