The Empire of Grand Illyria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Bajram Hoxha with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.391 billion Grand Illyrians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tirana. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.5%.

The very strong Grand Illyrian economy, worth 187 trillion Leks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,285 Leks, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

A flying elephant and Bajram Hoxha share the same nickname, children who refuse to share their crayons are arrested, the sun rises an hour later on border communities, and city workers have declared that rolling markets aren't good for business after all. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grand Illyria's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Grand Illyria is ranked 59,321^st in the world and 344^th in the Outback for Most Cultured, scoring 70 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.