The Command of Commander James Ferraday is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ronald Crump with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 15.379 billion Commander James Ferradayians 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Base Camp. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Commander James Ferradayian economy, worth a remarkable 1,180 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 76,775 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The big red machine has ground to a halt, holidays are regarded as the most miserable time of the year, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, and the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Commander James Ferraday's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Commander James Ferraday is ranked 250,328^th in the world and 5^th in Zebra Ice Station for Most Developed, scoring 51.1 on the Human Development Index.