The Empire of Franchela is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 423 million Franchelans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Opulence. The average income tax rate is 30.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Franchelan economy, worth 17.0 trillion dollars 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 40,217 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government-sponsored autobiography 'A Leader For All Seasons' has only been bought by the most loyal of Leader's supporters, meat is a luxury afforded only to the wealthy, Leader can finally stop kneading the dough and start rolling in it instead, and Propaganda and Partisanship 101 is a required class all political candidates must pass before being nominated by their chosen party. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Franchela's national animal is the Le tigre, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Franchela is ranked 182,291^st in the world and 964^th in Europe for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,258.75 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.