The Empire of Grimply is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 113 million Grimps are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 51.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Grimplyian economy, worth 2.74 trillion CowCoins 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 black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. 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 24,267 CowCoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The working classes live and die on the fields of the farming communes, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, raver DJ XStacy holds multiple medical degrees in chillaxing, and shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grimply's national animal is the Paedophryne amauensis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grimply is ranked 16,507^th in the world and 1^st in ACA for Safest, scoring 115.65 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.