The Cryptocracy of The Greys is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Indrid Cold with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, strictly enforced bedtime, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 14.658 billion Greys are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carcosa. The average income tax rate is 86.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Grey economy, worth a remarkable 7,247 trillion Units of Continuum a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 494,439 Units of Continuum, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Mandatory spouse selection pairs elderly apparatchiki with stunningly beautiful supermodels, metal detectors at school gates make sure that teenagers are carrying at least one sidearm, bridge salesmen line up for blocks to make their cases at Indrid Cold's office, and no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Greys's national animal is the Cryolophosaurus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Continuity Reigns.

The Greys is ranked 164,808^th in the world and 57^th in The Global Elite for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 339.79 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.