The United Socialist States of Fetridge is a huge, genial nation, notable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 619 million Fets 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ridgeford. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Fetridgean economy, worth 23.0 trillion McFets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,108 McFets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers, all mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave, the state considers itself the 'third parent' of every child in the nation, and the media seems excessively interested in what Leader is wearing this season. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fetridge's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Fetridge is ranked 9,696^th in the world and 48^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Nicest Citizens, with 32.15 average smiles per day.