The Faithful Gathering of Filbustan is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Filbus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 4.788 billion Filbus Acolytes are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Filbus City. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Filbustanian economy, worth 705 trillion chairs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,423 chairs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, pranking is an art form, foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that Filbustan will pay them to stop, and vaccinations are mandatory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Filbustan's national animal is the bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Filbism.

Filbustan is ranked 7,046^th in the world and 250^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 93.12 Effective Tax Rate.