The Commonwealth of Between Two Ferns is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.167 billion Between Two Fernsians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zackland. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.2%.

The Between Two Fernsian economy, worth 571 trillion Dáxlamic Marks 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. 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 70,035 Dáxlamic Marks, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Between Two Ferns's national animal is the Bay Mongoose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Between Two Ferns is ranked 48,432^nd in the world and 6^th in Evergreen Battalion for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 186.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.