The Sarasti-Varis Deputy of Ferdinand Schafer is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 15.465 billion Attendant-Aides are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Ferdinand Schaferian economy, worth 362 trillion NSM Credits 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 23,449 NSM Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room, bizarre-looking creatures called 'Falcondogs' dominate wildlife preserves, twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes, and Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ferdinand Schafer's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ferdinand Schafer is ranked 78,565^th in the world and 2^nd in International Center for NTST for Safest, scoring 91.48 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.