The Republic of Feriss is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic, devout population of 152 million Ferissians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 54.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Ferissian economy, worth 5.95 trillion stamps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 39,114 stamps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, a blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction, a firework a day does not in fact keep the doctor away, and only the fast and the furious are brave enough to drive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Feriss's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Feriss is ranked 271,336^th in the world and 151^st in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.7 kickbacks per hour.