The Compulsory Military Service of Between Two Ferns 4 is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by drill sergeant with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.009 billion Between Two Ferns 4ians 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, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Mess Hall. The average income tax rate is 39.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Between Two Ferns 4ian economy, worth 906 trillion pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 113,243 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Students can name the chiefs of proto-Bigtopian tribes before they can count to ten, for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, requests for government aid can be forwarded to the beach, and old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Between Two Ferns 4's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is if you know you know.

Between Two Ferns 4 is ranked 21,480^th in the world and 1^st in Evergreen Battalion for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 68,398.94 Standard Monetary Units.