The Democratic Republic of Frelon is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Sofia Davidova with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.17 billion Frelonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Frelon City. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Frelonian economy, worth 556 trillion Goldenrods a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 133,421 Goldenrods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An endless multinational bureaucracy connects the Red Bloc, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, and criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Frelon's national animal is the tiger moth, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Frelon is ranked 5,684^th in the world and 3^rd in Federation Of Sovereign States for Lowest Crime Rates, with 118.93 law-abiding acts per hour.