The People's Imperivm of Ferranghia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Admiral with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 18.237 billion Ferranghians 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 relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of UnterFerronia I. The average income tax rate is 39.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ferranghian economy, worth a remarkable 7,147 trillion Ferrs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 391,926 Ferrs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Explosive diarrhoea is not just a colorful phrase, out-of-work soldiers and bureaucrats can often be found camped out in front of manservant academies, tours to see the 'wild men of the mountains' are popular with tourists from the big cities, and the government loves seeing the little people fight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ferranghia's national animal is the crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ferranghia is ranked 172,493^rd in the world and 868^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 111.06 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.