Location: United Federation of Planets

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Incorporated World of Ferringinar is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Grand Nagus with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.576 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Public Transport, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Commerce City. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling, Information Technology, and Soda Sales industries.

Fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, and young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. Ferringinar's national animal is the weasel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the latinum.

Ferringinar is ranked 11th in United Federation of Planets and 6,555th in the world for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 14 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and