The Watchfires of FR-1 is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, enforced nudity, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, devout population of 27.441 billion FR-1ians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 48.5%.

The thriving FR-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,597 trillion $$s a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,205 $$s, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence, the FR-1ian Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely, only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice, and enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. FR-1's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

FR-1 is ranked 92,499^th in the world and 1^st in French Riviera for Most Developed, scoring 63.65 on the Human Development Index.