The Community of The Dorvan Protectorate of Ferranghia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Admiral's puppet with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, infamous sell-swords, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.847 billion Dorvanian slaves are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prostration City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Dorvanian slave economy, worth a remarkable 4,547 trillion Ferrs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 254,797 Ferrs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,654,944 per year while the poor average 15,634, a ratio of 105 to 1.

Homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, citizens must pay to enjoy The Dorvan Protectorate of Ferranghia's pristine beaches, and patriotism is in the nation's DNA. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Dorvan Protectorate of Ferranghia's national animal is the Ameba, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cult of the Winged Shrimp.

The Dorvan Protectorate of Ferranghia is ranked 11,228^th in the world and 71^st in Europe for Most Patriotic, with 66.07 flags saluted per person per day.