The Clumsiness of Fumblings is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by H P Lovecraft IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.152 billion Fumblingsians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fiddlesburgh. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Fumblingsian economy, worth a remarkable 2,469 trillion fiddlesticks a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 174,533 fiddlesticks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 756,562 per year while the poor average 25,567, a ratio of 29.6 to 1.

The media seems excessively interested in what H P Lovecraft IV is wearing this season, mall countdown clocks warn that there are only 364 more shopping days until Maxxmas, the government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, and actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fumblings's national animal is the common sense, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Beeboism.

Fumblings is ranked 6,528^th in the world and 1^st in Jethnea for Most Corrupt Governments, with 194.91 kickbacks per hour.