The Central Government of Grand Central Union is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 17.108 billion Grand Central Unionians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Grand Central Unionian economy, worth 355 trillion centroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 20,759 centroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grand Central Union's national animal is the mantis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grand Central Union is ranked 170,411^th in the world and 3^rd in Central for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 400 on the Gilded Widget Scale.