The Republic of He 177 Greif is a large, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 128 million He 177 Greifians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.4%.

The very strong He 177 Greifian economy, worth 9.67 trillion marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 75,511 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 259,061 per year while the poor average 16,154, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

The government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, and voting is compulsory. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. He 177 Greif's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

He 177 Greif is ranked 10,525^th in the world and 16^th in Krupp Industriekomplex for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 8,520.62 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.