The Socialist Republic of Frankias is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.927 billion Franks hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orleans. The average income tax rate is 19.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Frankish economy, worth 241 trillion Utopiques 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. 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 impressive 125,489 Utopiques, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, Golden Eagle is one of the most popular forenames in Frankias, and children are often observed making 'sand angels' in bunkers. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Frankias's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Atheism.

Frankias is ranked 14,757^th in the world and 7^th in Refugia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 7,904.27 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.