Location: United Federation of Planets

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Incorporated World of Ferringinar is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by The Grand Nagus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.198 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.

Young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, clothed men and nude women illustrate the stark contrasts in the nation's equality laws, the CEO of Laws Incorporated must sign off on all new bills, and there are no minimum wage laws. 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 7,650th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 45 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and