The Empire of FF NATO is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning panther population. The hard-working population of 192 million FF NATOians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.7%.

The very strong FF NATOian economy, worth 9.48 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 49,387 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 150,867 per year while the poor average 12,531, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. FF NATO's national animal is the panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

FF NATO is ranked 301,150^th in the world and 1^st in Evil NATO for Largest Black Market, with 18.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.