The Empire of Grid 32 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 388 million Griddies 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, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cell 8. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.1%.

The strong Griddian economy, worth 33.5 trillion Times 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 large, well-organized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. 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 86,383 Times, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign musicians that Leader dislikes are turned away at the border, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace, conversion therapy coupons are a popular present for coming of age ceremonies, and the state conscripts sociopathic orphan girls to train as professional assassins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grid 32's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grid 32 is ranked 31,514^th in the world and 621^st in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,178.67 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.