The Loving Couple of -For-The Future is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Paulina with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.332 billion -For-The Futureans 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Potions Coven. The average income tax rate is 50.3%.

The frighteningly efficient -For-The Futurean economy, worth 565 trillion snails a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 77,142 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Paulina's latest speech included a bizarre reference to MaxWow incontinence pads being 50% more absorbent than the next leading brand, gene-engineered sewerjacks don't smell but they do stink, it's usual for grandparents to stay in the family home with their descendants but younger children are often frightened of them, and the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -For-The Future's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-For-The Future is ranked 70,340^th in the world and 2^nd in Gdpoper for Most Developed, scoring 70.54 on the Human Development Index.