The Southern Dominion of Granite Mountain is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Earl Jackie Trollis with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 35.255 billion Slaves 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barzopal. The average income tax rate is 18.0%.

The very strong Granite Mountainian economy, worth a remarkable 1,700 trillion topaz rings a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 48,247 topaz rings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Membership in the state-owned Church of Granite Mountain is mandatory and all other faith organisations are banned, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, the government's new 'Crime Can Fight Itself' policy appears to be backfiring rather badly, and matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Granite Mountain's national animal is the Viper, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Granite Temples.

Granite Mountain is ranked 240,725^th in the world and 57^th in Mercenary Lands for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.34 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.