The Shadow of The Grimm Reaper is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Death with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, digital currency, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.583 billion Reapers 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mon Repos. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.8%.

The powerhouse Grimm economy, worth a remarkable 1,008 trillion LifeTimes a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 95,311 LifeTimes, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

News headlines usually include p-values, the Ministry of Truthiness now manages the entire media industry, children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, and even God cannot save you in The Grimm Reaper. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Grimm Reaper's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cult of Duty.

The Grimm Reaper is ranked 72,618^th in the world and 48^th in Hell for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,204.06 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.