The Trade Routes of The Ferrymen Guild is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.753 billion Ferrymen Guildians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holmes. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Ferrymen Guildian economy, worth 190 trillion Bottle caps 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 Tourism. Average income is 69,125 Bottle caps, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 367,022 per year while the poor average 6,878, a ratio of 53.4 to 1.

Mr Happy's Funland has just been named The Ferrymen Guild's new capital, even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister, a major religion has been named as The Ferrymen Guild's national religion, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Ferrymen Guild's national animal is the Trout, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

The Ferrymen Guild is ranked 308,594^th in the world and 30^th in Fallout Genesis for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -4.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.