The Republic of Farinate is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.267 billion Farinateans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 41.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Farinatean economy, worth 158 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,478 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service, patch v22.1705 - all developers are now paid for work, it's illegal to be caught on tape, and edutainment video games are taking Farinate's students to the next level. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Farinate's national animal is the Crocodile.

Farinate is ranked 18,301^st in the world and 12^th in Sancturia for Most Secular, with 57.52 Atheism Rate.