The Socialist Federal Republic of Frencin is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Primer Glasontia with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 15.384 billion Frencins are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Towcester. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Frencinite economy, worth a remarkable 4,218 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 274,227 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Frencinite Embarrassments, building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and the government has enacted freedom of information. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Frencin's national animal is the Frencinite Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Humanism.

Frencin is ranked 790^th in the world and 3^rd in The Western Isles for Lowest Crime Rates, with 178.48 law-abiding acts per hour.