The Guitarist of Mikael Fehrm is a massive, genial nation, notable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.19 billion Mikael Fehrmians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 32.2%.

The Mikael Fehrmian economy, worth 163 trillion golds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,174 golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

New pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, in court almost every witness is a hostile witness, nothing gets the party jumping like Leader specifying how high, and surveillance cameras are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mikael Fehrm's national animal is the viking, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mikael Fehrm is ranked 291,961^st in the world and 494^th in The Blades for Most Cultured, scoring 60 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.