The Democratic Republic of Frelon is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Sofia Davidova with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.05 billion Frelonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Frelon City. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Frelonian economy, worth 528 trillion Goldenrods a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 130,540 Goldenrods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, the government has stated an intention to min-max its stats for 'teh pwnage', 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Frelon's radio stations, and the Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Frelon's national animal is the tiger moth, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Frelon is ranked 52,806^th in the world and 55^th in Federation Of Sovereign States for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 175.07 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.