The Holy Empire of Jolly Groto is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working population of 12 million Jolly Grotoans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The very strong Jolly Grotoan economy, worth 875 billion marbleses a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 72,955 marbleses , but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 221,649 per year while the poor average 18,656, a ratio of 11.9 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Jolly Groto's national animal is the guinea pig , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jolly Groto is ranked 120,838^th in the world and 78^th in Britannia for Most Developed, scoring 58.17 on the Human Development Index.