The Free Land of Granderria is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 23 million Granderrians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 60.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The developing Granderrian economy, worth 699 billion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 30,373 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, and the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Granderria's national animal is the hamster.

Granderria is ranked 120,827^th in the world and 8^th in Freelands for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,744.27 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.