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The Republic of Farenland is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Higgins with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.147 billion Faroo 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 medium-sized government prioritizes Education, although Defense, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Faro. The average income tax rate is 39.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Faroo economy, worth 95.5 trillion Appas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,292 Appas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them, and glamping Faroo won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Farenland's national animal is the Emperor Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Catholic.

Farenland is ranked 82,709^th in the world and 1,258^th in the South Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,590.92 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.