The Democratic Republic of Favertos is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, avowedly heterosexual populace, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 297 million Faverans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alpha Settlement. The average income tax rate is 56.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Favertosian economy, worth 10.1 trillion favs 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 Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 34,087 favs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife, broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, and all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Alpha Settlement. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Favertos's national animal is the Faveran owl.

Favertos is ranked 329,316^th in the world and 5^th in Lyssaria for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -13.82 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.