The Federation of Frigolia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Philippe with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.997 billion Frigolians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Domelgad. The average income tax rate is 87.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Frigolian economy, worth 143 trillion Lorms a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 72,043 Lorms, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, the treehouse in Owl Park is the tallest building in Frigolia, and future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Frigolia's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Frigolia is ranked 65,349^th in the world and 155^th in Refugia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,697.83 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.