The High Athelingric of Greom is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Asher Wiley with an even hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.862 billion Greomians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osearwynn. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Greomian economy, worth a remarkable 1,696 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 191,448 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

The most sacred right is the right to ignore the rights of slaves, the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", and professional athletes juggle part-time jobs to avoid bankruptcy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greom's national animal is the snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Adoptionism.

Greom is ranked 141,131^st in the world and 224^th in Snep for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,210.68 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.