The United Labrador Pointers of Gracierra is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by the people with a fair hand, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.141 billion Gracies are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tailwag. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gracie economy, worth 924 trillion treats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 150,539 treats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, prisons in Gracierra are the summer homes of murderers, refugees from other nations are flocking to Gracierra's border, and roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Gracierra's national animal is the labrador pointer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is unconditional love.

Gracierra is ranked 190,357^th in the world and 1^st in Dexter for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,333.6 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.