The Republic of Team Rocket Grunt 1 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.666 billion Team Rocket Grunt 1ians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.9%.

The very strong Team Rocket Grunt 1ian economy, worth 397 trillion Pokeballs a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 51,836 Pokeballs, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Team Rocket Grunt 1's national animal is the Ekans.

Team Rocket Grunt 1 is ranked 192,332^nd in the world and 9^th in Team Rocket for Most Primitive, scoring -77.46 on the Scary Big Number Scale.