The Confederacy of Franche Comte is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Severine Lessay with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 14.681 billion Comtois 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Besançon. The average income tax rate is 8.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Comtois economy, worth a remarkable 3,490 trillion Francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 237,766 Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign ambassadors closely guard their culinary secrets, museum visitors often bring lemons and black lights, more and more musicians are refusing to put labels on their sound, and judges are big know-it-alls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Franche Comte's national animal is the Chamois, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Franche Comte is ranked 21,569^th in the world and 1^st in Oatland for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 31,819.3 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.