The Quiet Relaxation of A Forest Clearing is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, unlimited-speed roads, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.916 billion Fauns are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Conval. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Faunan economy, worth 69.4 trillion Petals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 23,810 Petals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens may not "love, honor and obey" anyone except the State, exports of chewing gum are inexplicably falling, disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown, and the term "Native Fauna" has been redefined as anyone with the same skin color as the majority. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Forest Clearing's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

A Forest Clearing is ranked 276,962^nd in the world and 106^th in Fukuoka for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -12.17 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.