The Médousa of Faralried is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Sun King with an iron fist, and notable for its national health service, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.57 billion Faralriedians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Democritus. The average income tax rate is 48.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Faralriedian economy, worth 262 trillion Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,523 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Democritus Jellyfish against long odds, daily newspapers are permitted to run only pro-government stories, the army is spending millions cloning khaki-colored dinosaurs, and the Grinder at Fat Sal's Deli and Recycling Center is a national institution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Faralried's national animal is the Jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Faral Yodleism.

Faralried is ranked 61,997^th in the world and 157^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Safest, scoring 99.2 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.