The Socialist Faction of Free-Drones is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Foreman Domai with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 19.347 billion Free Drones enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Free Drone Central. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Free Drone economy, worth a remarkable 1,280 trillion energy credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 66,210 energy credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside, Free Drone Central is a police state during international summits, and theoretical science is only theoretical. Crime is totally unknown. Free-Drones's national animal is the mind worm, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Free-Drones is ranked 268,033^rd in the world and 10^th in Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri for Most Primitive, scoring -229.83 on the Scary Big Number Scale.