The Community of Grease Pit is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Grease Monkey with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 10.147 billion Grease Pitians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grease Trap. The average income tax rate is 20.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Grease Pitian economy, worth 775 trillion Axle Greases a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. Average income is 76,413 Axle Greases, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

A girl's success in life is often linked to her performance in beauty pageants, it's harder to qualify for IVF than for a good university, political scientists despair as the national mascot election eclipses all others in voter enthusiasm, and genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grease Pit's national animal is the Greased Pig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Greased Lighting.

Grease Pit is ranked 208,824^th in the world and 31^st in Hurricane 12 for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 20.38 Effective Tax Rate.