The State of Imaginary Friend is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 20.606 billion Imaginary Friendians 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, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 33.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Imaginary Friendian economy, worth 906 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,989 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Believers must practice religion behind church doors lest the government smite them with a mighty fine, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, tantrum-throwing toddlers are regularly imprisoned on assault charges, and whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Imaginary Friendian Embarrassments. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force. Imaginary Friend's national animal is the deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Imaginary Friend is ranked 178,659^th in the world and 231^st in 0000 for Safest, scoring 55.64 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.