The Commonwealth of Ferristia is a huge, safe nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 754 million Ferristians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 44.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Ferristian economy, worth 21.1 trillion EQS a year, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,017 EQS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, politicians can be seen taking candy from babies, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, and aspiring pilots must be personally vetted by the Minister of Transportation before receiving their license. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ferristia's national animal is the Octopus, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ferristia is ranked 180,563^rd in the world and 9,046^th in the South Pacific for Highest Crime Rates, with 2.66 crimes per hour.