The United Socialist States of Elder Furecia is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 176 million Elder Furecians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 50.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Elder Furecian economy, worth 5.26 trillion Furecs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,888 Furecs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Busy commuters no longer hear the cries of "I want some more!" on the nation's streets, councils up and down the country wrangle over legal matters, genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons, and bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elder Furecia's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Elder Furecia is ranked 291,244^th in the world and 1^st in Peacekeepers for Largest Populations, with 176 million capita.