Short answers, pulled from the story.
Grenada is an archipelagic country in the eastern Caribbean Sea and the southernmost of the Windward Islands. It lies directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100 miles north of Trinidad. It includes the main island plus Carriacou, Petite Martinique, and several smaller islands.
Grenada is called the "Island of Spice" because of its production of nutmeg and mace crops. Nutmeg is the country's top export and is depicted on the national flag. Nutmeg trees arrived in 1843 when a merchant ship bound for England left a small quantity on the island.
Grenada gained independence on the 7th of February 1974 under Eric Gairy, who became the first prime minister of the sovereign state. The country remained in the Commonwealth of Nations with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.
The United States invaded Grenada on the 25th of October 1983 in Operation Urgent Fury after Maurice Bishop was executed and a military government took power. The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, Barbados, and Jamaica appealed for assistance, and Governor-General Paul Scoon requested the invasion. Within four days the forces removed General Hudson Austin's government.
Maurice Bishop led the Marxist New JEWEL Movement that overthrew Eric Gairy's government in a bloodless coup on the 13th of March 1979. He headed the People's Revolutionary Government as prime minister until he was arrested and executed by firing squad on the 16th of October 1983.
The capital of Grenada is St. George's, originally founded by the French as Fort Royal. Grenada's total size is 344 square kilometres, with an estimated population of 114,621 in 2024, most of whom live on the main island.
Kirani James won Grenada's first Olympic gold medal in the men's 400 metres at the 2012 Games in London, followed by silver in 2016 and bronze in 2020. At the 2024 Games in France, Anderson Peters and Lindon Victor won bronze in the javelin throw and decathlon.