The Federation of Frigolia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Philippe with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.013 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 Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Domelgad. The average income tax rate is 87.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Frigolian economy, worth 145 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 dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 72,390 Lorms, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Frigolia's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives, children are raised bilingual from an early age, only lightning has a chance of striking Philippe twice, and there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees his shadow. 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 9,247^th in the world and 72^nd in Refugia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,668.87 pounds of wildlife per square mile.