The Organic Vegan Commune of Frustrated Franciscans is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Friar Cadfail with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, frequent executions, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, devout population of 36.664 billion Franciscans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rockville Centre. The average income tax rate is 24.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Franciscan economy, worth a remarkable 3,093 trillion rosaries a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 84,385 rosaries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The RXN information hour is a guaranteed cure for insomnia, a shocking number of estate planners are beneficiaries of their clients' wills, the space program has been reduced to Friar Cadfail's nephew playing with a cardboard space shuttle, and royal mothers accustomed to baby-talk assure the troops "we gweatly wespect your service; yes, we do". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Frustrated Franciscans's national animal is the brown bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Frustrated Franciscans is ranked 313,672^nd in the world and 86^th in Catholic for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -31.7 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.