The Free Land of Fiparatus is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Otto Von Skorzeny with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, sprawling nuclear power plants, and frequent executions. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.007 billion Fiparatusians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Execopolis. The average income tax rate is 81.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Fiparatusian economy, worth 618 trillion marxes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 123,456 marxes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The art of conversation has been rediscovered, Otto Von Skorzeny's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week, imitation is the sincerest form of felony, and it is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fiparatus's national animal is the desert fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Religious Liberty.

Fiparatus is ranked 250,892^nd in the world and 247^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 22,345.59 Standard Monetary Units.