The Republic of Fish Bot is a tiny, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 12 million Fish Botians 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 Welfare, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Fish Botian economy, worth 493 billion Cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 41,153 Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A handful of megacorporations own every "craft brewery" in the nation, people who get diabetes can sue donut manufacturers, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, and private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fish Bot's national animal is the Card, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Fish Bot is ranked 18,982^nd in the world and 1^st in Fish Storage for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,220.24 on the Clooney Contribution Index.