The Dominion of GR-1 is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 23.362 billion GR-1ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 33.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong GR-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,543 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,065 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elected officials often serve for decades in a single term, the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance, well-off serial killers write monthly checks to avoid jail time, and kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GR-1's national animal is the deaths-head moth, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

GR-1 is ranked 256,653^rd in the world and 1^st in Gabonese Republic for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 27.46 on the Bus Surprisal Index.