The Automatic Rifle of FG 42 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.686 billion FG 42ians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.1%.

The powerhouse FG 42ian economy, worth 146 trillion marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 86,378 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 283,867 per year while the poor average 19,706, a ratio of 14.4 to 1.

Onions have been banned due to their tendency to cause eye irritation, companies flee the nation rather than pay their fair share of taxes, concert pianists lie about their occupation to avoid ridicule, and at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. FG 42's national animal is the fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

FG 42 is ranked 270,897^th in the world and 50^th in Krupp Industriekomplex for Nicest Citizens, with 2.14 average smiles per day.