The Commonwealth of Ferristia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Mo Spinoza with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, rampant corporate plagiarism, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.888 billion Ferristians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Archigo City. The average income tax rate is 93.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Ferristian economy, worth 542 trillion Millipenses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 110,964 Millipenses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Visions of giant pink Octopuses are a common side effect after Ferristians eat their meals, jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, editorials that criticize the government are legally obligated to display the "pants on fire" warning, and concert pianists lie about their occupation to avoid ridicule. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ferristia's national animal is the Octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ferristia is ranked 6,963^rd in the world and 163^rd in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 108.64 law-abiding acts per hour.