The Loving Couple of -ForThe Future is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Stringbean with an even hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, public floggings, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-working, humorless population of 7.457 billion -ForThe Futureans 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bonesborough. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.6%.

The frighteningly efficient -ForThe Futurean economy, worth 745 trillion snails a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 100,036 snails, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

Possession of tomato seeds with intent to garden is a criminal offence, the people's love for Stringbean is little more than self-preservation, military training in -ForThe Future emphasizes the tactical advantages of stabbing backs, and prison officers are bribed not to take bribes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. -ForThe Future's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-ForThe Future is ranked 286,983^rd in the world and 3^rd in Truffle Elephants for Nicest Citizens, with 2.43 average smiles per day.