The Animals of Farthing Wood is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and pith helmet sales. The democratic, devout population of 11.083 billion Farthing Woodians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 44.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Farthing Woodian economy, worth 666 trillion silvers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 60,130 silvers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The working classes live and die on the fields of the farming communes, glamping Farthing Woodians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, and people are careful to avoid hyperbolising that they'd "rather die" than support Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Farthing Wood's national animal is the fox.

Farthing Wood is ranked 153,351^st in the world and 72^nd in Middle Earth for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 448.62 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.