The Democratic Republic of Fetheray is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Roan Carmaran with an iron fist, and renowned for its national health service, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 5.262 billion Fetherayans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zauri. The average income tax rate is 39.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Fetherayan economy, worth 250 trillion Kiudes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,579 Kiudes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Zauri University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, 100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, and public hospital staff roll their eyes at anything less than a heart attack. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fetheray's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Fetheray is ranked 86,193^rd in the world and 4,220^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 111.12 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.