The Republic of Fearsome Foe is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, devout population of 1.478 billion Fearsome Foeans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 49.8%.

The powerhouse Fearsome Foean economy, worth 130 trillion stardusts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,007 stardusts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, the government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash, the law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese, and it isn't a secret plot without caviar and foie gras. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fearsome Foe's national animal is the moonlark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Fearsome Foe is ranked 216,071^st in the world and 1^st in Fearsome Foe for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -5 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.