The Democratic Republic of Freered is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 9 million Freeredians 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 large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 64.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Freeredian economy, worth 218 billion chips a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 24,256 chips, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, the nation continues to depend on foreigners for food, there's always a Bigtopian willing to eat Leader's table scraps, and suppression of pro-democracy protests is a daily occurrence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Freered's national animal is the monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Freered is ranked 330,781^st in the world and 6^th in The Source for Largest Black Market, with zero Standard Monetary Units.