The Republic of Ferrandis is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 1.211 billion Ferrandisians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castellmar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Ferrandisian economy, worth 190 trillion Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 157,031 Lire, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 686,625 per year while the poor average 22,656, a ratio of 30.3 to 1.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, flamethrower-toting soldiers are also equipped with fire blankets and extinguishers, Ferrandisians incessantly needle their doctors for relief, and 9 out of 10 consumers think that vitamins can cure cancer. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ferrandis's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ferrandis is ranked 300,620^th in the world and 150^th in The Western Isles for Nicest Citizens, with 0.45 average smiles per day.