The Queendom of F i v e is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, parental licensing program, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.12 billion F i v eans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse F i v ean economy, worth 301 trillion Golds 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Cheese Exports, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 96,361 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered, much of F i v e's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, mass shootings have become the new normal, and the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. F i v e's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

F i v e is ranked 13,820^th in the world and 1^st in Number for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 6,256.11 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.