The Socalist Otter Republics of Farbelia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Ottercrat with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 8.729 billion Farbelians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Environment, and Administration are also considered important, while Law & Order and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Otter City. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Farbelian economy, worth 550 trillion Ottertokens 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, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese 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 63,018 Ottertokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

In a baffling press conference The Ottercrat proudly dismantled a broken door, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, and piracy is the nation's most popular pastime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Farbelia's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Lutrianism.

Farbelia is ranked 12,708^th in the world and 202^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,627.18 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.