The Federal Republic of Fiarta is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.134 billion Fiartans 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.0%.

The all-consuming Fiartan economy, worth 114 trillion Fiarteses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 100,987 Fiarteses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 324,616 per year while the poor average 23,802, a ratio of 13.6 to 1.

The rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, and children wondering what happens to pets after they die are shown where the compost heap is. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Fiarta's national animal is the Owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Fiarta is ranked 179,737^th in the world and 265^th in Wintreath for Highest Drug Use, scoring 43 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.