The Viking Horde of Fridas is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.643 billion Fridasians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 58.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Fridasian economy, worth 92.1 trillion lirsens a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 56,049 lirsens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Pedants defending Leader observe that psychopaths and sociopaths aren't exactly the same thing, a major religion has been named as Fridas's national religion, kindhearted Fridasians generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries, and builders across Fridas are blocked up with orders for new public loos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fridas's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Fridas is ranked 163,899^th in the world and 147^th in Starlight for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 32.65 on the Bus Surprisal Index.