The Republic of Ferrumetlapis is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Presidential King Saturday with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.944 billion Ferrumetlapisians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Yokohama. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ferrumetlapisian economy, worth 435 trillion Lapis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 148,015 Lapis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains, the nightly news reports prosaically on the government blindly throwing money at despotic kidnappers, more citizens have access to Maxtopian Grass than clean drinking water, and building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ferrumetlapis's national animal is the White Fox, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Church.

Ferrumetlapis is ranked 30,957^th in the world and 652^nd in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,251.59 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.