The Organic Vegan Commune of Frustrated Franciscans is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Friar Cadfail with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, anti-smoking policies, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, devout population of 38.6 billion Franciscans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rockville Centre. The average income tax rate is 24.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Franciscan economy, worth a remarkable 3,281 trillion rosaries a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 85,018 rosaries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble, and all you have to do is pray to get into Frustrated Franciscans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Frustrated Franciscans's national animal is the brown bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Frustrated Franciscans is ranked 2,079^th in the world and 4^th in Catholic for Lowest Crime Rates, with 143.26 law-abiding acts per hour.