The Community of Fancade is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Martin Magni with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.381 billion Fancaders hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcade. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.4%.

The powerhouse a loyal subject of Martin Magni economy, worth 104 trillion Gems a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Gambling, and Tourism. Average income is 75,682 Gems, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs, sex changes are routinely performed at Fancade's hospitals, the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead, and people regularly disappear off the streets and all evidence of them is destroyed. Crime is relatively low. Fancade's national animal is the Obdot, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Magnism.

Fancade is ranked 253,735^th in the world and 2^nd in Artificial Fancade System for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,583.41 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.