The United Kingdom of Fredska is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 126 million Fredskans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 63.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Fredskan economy, worth 4.02 trillion Aizzes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,899 Aizzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, bike rage is all the rage, and the government finds the idea of having an army to be rather distasteful. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fredska's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Fredska is ranked 280,332^nd in the world and 3,810^th in the Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.52 flags saluted per person per day.