One can’t help but admire the brave Olympians from Groganzola for returning to this contest year after year when clearly this has been a decade of turmoil for the nation.

In 2014, the inaugural Fantasy Olympics, peace had come to the Grand Unified Sovereign Emirates of Groganzola and the Zolans found a modicum of Fantasy Olympics success led by their God-King Ross.

In 2016, however, the tides had begun to turn in Groganzola, and it seems the people rose up against the God-King, demoting him to Half-Supervisor, and renaming themselves Proudest Union of Former People’s Republics of Groganzola (Unincorporated). Rumors that HS Ross’s title referred to a revolutionary-time royal dismemberment have not been confirmed by the Fantasy UN. This team, however, ended in 11th place, which represents Groganzola’s best finish to date.

2018 saw another tumultuous Olympics for the Groganzolans, now named The Mounted Sovereigns of Groganzola-on-the-Caucasus and led by their Skullgrinder, Ross, now seemingly in full control, if not, perhaps, in full body (if the rumors are true).

Shortly after their disappointing 15th place finish, Skullgrinder closed the borders and shut out the media and even the IFOC so it remains unclear what happened in the last three years but they have emerged for these Fantasy Olympics as Groganzolan Corporatist Republic: a Nestle Country.

What investment opportunity did Nestle see in Groganzola? And why did they see fit to name a partially dismembered former despot as Director of Operations? We may never know (because no Groganzolans were interviewed for this article).