The Most Serene Republic of Fairfield 2863 is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its closed borders, keen interest in outer space, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 17.145 billion Fairfield 2863ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Fairfield 2863ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,513 trillion sheep a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 88,277 sheep, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 418,849 per year while the poor average 10,979, a ratio of 38.1 to 1.

The giant 80-storey carving of Leader in Mount Rushless can be seen from space, only clowns with PhDs from clown college can advise Leader on Fairfield 2863's coulrophobia epidemic, vital infrastructure development is on hold because of 'nature and stuff', and criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Fairfield 2863's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Fairfield 2863 is ranked 63,829^th in the world and 11^th in Boston for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 16,711.64 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.