The Planet of Franocosa is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, humorless population of 2.388 billion Franocosans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 39.5%.

The all-consuming Franocosan economy, worth 249 trillion Imperial Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 104,549 Imperial Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Warning signs caution Franocosans where they may fall off 'the edge of the world', the state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, optometrists will see citizens in seconds but health inspectors won't be sighted for years, and discarded pennies litter the streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Franocosa's national animal is the Kabasan Poverty Hound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Franocosa is ranked 36,412^th in the world and 2^nd in Firmament for Largest Black Market, with 38.7 trillion Standard Monetary Units.