The Mountains and Valleys of The Front Range is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Cairo Rivers with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 9.455 billion Front Rangers are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barker Meadow. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Front Ranger economy, worth a remarkable 2,412 trillion wampums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 255,113 wampums, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,328,903 per year while the poor average 3,081, a ratio of 755 to 1.

Mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of coyotes and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry, designer cars make no distinction between poor people and speed bumps, children with trilobite collections are drafted into the 'Billy and the Cloneasaurus' division, and half of The Front Range just lost MyFace after space debris collided with a major communications satellite. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Front Range's national animal is the coyote, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Front Range is ranked 310,986^th in the world and 4,067^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 0.17 average smiles per day.