The Socialist Republic of Al-Faisal is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Salim Idris with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ubiquitous missile silos, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 26.931 billion Faisalis 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rasalas. The average income tax rate is 39.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Faisali economy, worth a remarkable 2,486 trillion dinars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,346 dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, the government is lending a hand to private industry, and a revolving door was recently installed at the entrance of the Faisali Capitol Building. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Al-Faisal's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Al-Faisal is ranked 53,447^th in the world and 3^rd in Syria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 139.65 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.