The Empire of Ferfulesse is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Glædwine Beasleye with an even hand, and notable for its digital currency, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.382 billion Ferfulesseans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The City of Fear. The average income tax rate is 48.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ferfulessean economy, worth 213 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,051 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Homophobia is off the menu, the government offers gay men mildly offensive tips on how to pass as straight, students do more community service than homework, and corporate lawyers are joyfully combing through the new tax code for any new loopholes for their clients. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ferfulesse's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ferfulesse is ranked 278,618^th in the world and 5,123^rd in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.74 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.