The Empire of 1st CoA Grunt is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 190 million 1st CoA Gruntians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 43.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant 1st CoA Gruntian economy, worth 1.82 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,575 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 1st CoA Grunt's national animal is the dove.

1st CoA Grunt is ranked 182,257^th in the world and 90^th in Bolognaise Battalion for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 614.77 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.