The Most Serene Republic of Filarete is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, suspicion of poets, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 443 million Filareteans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.6%.

The thriving Filaretean economy, worth 26.7 trillion iles a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 60,301 iles, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Gossip magazines have pictures of Leader sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, getting an infected tattoo is considered a rite of passage in Filarete, blocked storm drains cause sanitation problems, and it's said that any enemy of democracy is a friend to Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Filarete's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Filarete is ranked 238,425^th in the world and 29^th in Enomenos for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 41.43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.