The Republic of -Fuu- is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 9.083 billion -Fuu-ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.8%.

The very strong -Fuu-ian economy, worth 400 trillion ryous a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,065 ryous, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy, foreign countries consider stepping on their grass to be a serious offense, signs of extraterrestrial life are just foreign astronauts evading -Fuu-ian justice, and corporations are forbidden from employing outside the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Fuu-'s national animal is the beetle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Fuu- is ranked 266,440^th in the world and 3,666^th in Remembrance for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 11.82 Effective Tax Rate.