The United socialist republics of Greater Continental Federation is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by First Citizen with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate population of 19.656 billion Federal citicens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Laberynth. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Federal economy, worth a remarkable 5,070 trillion federal dolars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 257,975 federal dolars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, back-alley holistic doctors carry crystals in long trench coats, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, and being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Continental Federation's national animal is the Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is All of them.

Greater Continental Federation is ranked 4,371^st in the world and 145^th in Osiris for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 12,521.79 on the Gilded Widget Scale.