The Republic of Ferrandis is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 984 million Ferrandisians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castellmar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Ferrandisian economy, worth 139 trillion Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 141,552 Lire, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 604,460 per year while the poor average 21,283, a ratio of 28.4 to 1.

Teenage boys are raving about how the latest AI assistant sounds exactly like a sexy movie star, motivational posters send motorists positive vibes in high-risk areas, former school buses now regularly shuttle kids to the nearest shopping centers to work, and chrome-clad space marines are such stuff that dreams are made on. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ferrandis's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ferrandis is ranked 141,871^st in the world and 63^rd in The Western Isles for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 637.09 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.