The United Socialist States of Fanderia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Commissar Sal with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.257 billion Fanderians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aval. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Fanderian economy, worth 648 trillion Pesos 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 123,276 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, the justice of Fanderia is considered superior to that of other nations, and a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fanderia's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Augerism.

Fanderia is ranked 87,863^rd in the world and 3,798^th in The East Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,666.5 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.