The Holy Empire of Groundion is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-working, democratic population of 117 million Groundionians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The tiny government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Education and Spirituality are also considered important, while International Aid and Environment receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The strong Groundionian economy, worth 7.12 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 60,828 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 180,462 per year while the poor average 16,089, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

Garden stores are not allowed to sell water butts, the nation is famous for having one of the world's largest parrot hunting institutions, it takes a village to catch a criminal, and members of ethnic minorities are more often called "boy" or "girl" than by their actual names. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Groundion's national animal is the parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Groundion is ranked 37,418^th in the world and 1^st in The parrots for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,848.15 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.