The Absolute Monarchy of Formendia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Karl XVII with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, ubiquitous missile silos, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.406 billion Formendians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berghamn. The average income tax rate is 65.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Formendian economy, worth 683 trillion Formediansk Kronor a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 92,319 Formediansk Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain, police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade, and summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Formendia's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Formendia is ranked 25,410^th in the world and 211^th in Europeia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,936.29 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.