The Federal Democratic Republic of Furecia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Mr Gran Marchenko with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.7 billion Furecians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The tiny, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ursula city. The average income tax rate is 7.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Furecian economy, worth a remarkable 1,373 trillion Furecs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 157,850 Furecs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation is compulsory, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, and the number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Furecia's national animal is the Pariah Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Furecia is ranked 5,181^st in the world and 1^st in Mauravia for Most Developed, scoring 94.52 on the Human Development Index.