The DemocraticSocialistRepublic of Fadnesia is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Socialist Frakk with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, soft-spoken computers, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.486 billion Faddies enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brod'cester. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Fadnesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,670 trillion planets 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 196,892 planets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is proudly free of crabs, solid-gold toilets are Fadnesian prisons' least expensive furnishings, terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports, and scientists take credit every time it rains in Refugia. Crime is totally unknown. Fadnesia's national animal is the Smurgelbuff, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hemmulism.

Fadnesia is ranked 3,983^rd in the world and 38^th in Refugia for Safest, scoring 132.25 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.