The Fantasy Land of Greythrone is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Stuart Diamondstock with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The hard-working population of 6.101 billion Greynians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Winterarder. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.8%.

The strong Greynian economy, worth 332 trillion Greys a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,543 Greys, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, those who turn the other cheek seem to enjoy being slapped just a little too much, the religious lobby has the power of veto over health initiatives, and rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greythrone's national animal is the Vulture, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Haq.

Greythrone is ranked 121,497^th in the world and 5^th in Tradeborough Straits for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,122.64 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.