The Democratic States of Greygarden is a large, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 158 million Greygardenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The imploded Greygardenian economy, worth 674 billion Fleuras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 4,270 Fleuras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, and most ambassadors from Greygarden retire only a few years after being appointed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greygarden's national animal is the Pika, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Greygarden is ranked 198,047^th in the world and 68^th in Rosaria for Fattest Citizens, with 9.38 Obesity Rate.