The Vth French Republic of Metropolitan Francais is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by François Mitterrand with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. The hard-working population of 11.964 billion Franciscans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — is primarily concerned with Healthcare, although Education, Environment, and Welfare are also considered important, while International Aid and Public Transport aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paris. The average income tax rate is 82.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Metropolitan Francaisian economy, worth 469 trillion French francs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,233 French francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jennifer Government is a bestseller, political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations, the government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake", and sofas are perpetually on sales that Must End Soon. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Metropolitan Francais's national animal is the Gallic Rooster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Metropolitan Francais is ranked 260,724^th in the world and 98^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Highest Average Incomes, with 39,233.77 Standard Monetary Units.