The Empire of Grand Ed is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 2.778 billion Grand Edians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Grand Edian economy, worth 432 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 155,853 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, and war is made in the name of love. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grand Ed's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grand Ed is ranked 278,324^th in the world and 3,560^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -8.12 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.