The Federation of The Ferret is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 22.486 billion Ferretians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 26.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Ferretian economy, worth 541 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 24,081 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is compulsory, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, euthanasia is legal, and postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ferret's national animal is the ferret, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Ferret is ranked 143,609^th in the world and 1^st in Supernus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 423.67 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.