The Holy State of Ferlik is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Aquinas Boar with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, infamous sell-swords, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 11.5 billion Ferlikians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Standfest. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.3%.

The powerhouse Ferlikian economy, worth 816 trillion Lotneks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 71,039 Lotneks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 417,621 per year while the poor average 5,631, a ratio of 74.2 to 1.

Oddly simian-looking religious thugs beat up anyone who suggests humans are related to monkeys, where your food came from is an unknowable mystery, Ferlik has designated Standfest as its capital city, and Aquinas Boar has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Ferlik's national animal is the Wildebeest, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ferlik is ranked 171,792^nd in the world and 11^th in Union of Kenora for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 118.71 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.