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The Commonwealth of Grachevia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Radenko Medved with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 4.629 billion Grachevians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vitastria. The average income tax rate is 81.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Grachevian economy, worth 260 trillion Kelvins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 56,214 Kelvins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, Grachevia has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations, and re-education centers are being added to most prisons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grachevia's national animal is the Inagua Woodstar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grachevia is ranked 322,872^nd in the world and 273^rd in Conch Kingdom for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -13.64 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.