The Republic of Ferrandis is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 1.027 billion Ferrandisians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castellmar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Ferrandisian economy, worth 147 trillion Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 143,518 Lire, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 596,359 per year while the poor average 22,610, a ratio of 26.4 to 1.

The police are destroying all photographic evidence of their own existence, the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, and the government is reining in public spending. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ferrandis's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ferrandis is ranked 55,304^th in the world and 26^th in The Western Isles for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 18,813.91 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.