The Colony of Defending Griffin is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 636 million Defending Griffinians 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.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.0%.

The powerhouse Defending Griffinian economy, worth 59.6 trillion nones a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,632 nones, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers, pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall, and thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses. Crime is totally unknown. Defending Griffin's national animal is the none, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Defending Griffin is ranked 101,870^th in the world and 82^nd in Realm of the Whispering Winds for Safest, scoring 81.88 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.