The Socialist Federal Republic of Frencin is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Primer Glasontia with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 15.408 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 4,240 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 275,199 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, military training in Frencin emphasizes the tactical advantages of stabbing backs, and political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads. 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 6,819^th in the world and 9^th in The Western Isles for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 10,968.62 on the Gilded Widget Scale.