The Always Changing Shapes of Feux is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Debussy with an iron fist, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.191 billion Comrades are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adytus. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Feuxian economy, worth a remarkable 8,965 trillion Francoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 521,515 Francoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, endangered species face obesity instead of extinction, the 'Museum Of Stuff We Stole' is a tourist favourite, and goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Feux's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Axiotarism.

Feux is ranked 256,622^nd in the world and 9,536^th in Lazarus for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.31 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.