The Grand Duchy of Forstuline is a large, efficient nation, renowned for its frequent executions and flagrant waste-dumping. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 98 million Forstuliners enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Forstulinean economy, worth 7.59 trillion Euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,478 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Hell is not always other people, autopsies often involve only cursory examination, judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, and the reams of paperwork accompanying any electronic item are a recognised contributor to national deforestation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Forstuline's national animal is the Scarlet Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Forstuline is ranked 74,600^th in the world and 148^th in Concord for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 103.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.