The Empire of Francore is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 126 million Franco's are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Franco economy, worth 2.20 trillion Francs 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 17,479 Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Francore's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Francore is ranked 208,725^th in the world and 5,154^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 817.95 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.