The State of Far-South is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical, devout population of 13.282 billion Far-Southians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 77.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Far-Southian economy, worth 205 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Soda Sales. Average income is 15,494 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, voting is voluntary, and arbitration is mightier than the sword. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Far-South's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Far-South is ranked 182,024^th in the world and 1^st in Far South for Most Primitive, scoring -71.62 on the Scary Big Number Scale.