The Empire of Factis is a massive, genial nation, notable for its national health service, otherworldly petting zoo, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.31 billion Factisians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of greenstone. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Factisian economy, worth 227 trillion spirit coins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,303 spirit coins, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service, every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, foreign spirits are hard to find due to an abundance of "Cletus and Jim Bob's Homemade Factisian Moonshine", and hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Factis's national animal is the Eraden knight, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the church of knowledge.

Factis is ranked 39,381^st in the world and 2,059^th in Balder for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 49.62 on the Kitten Softness Rating.