The United Kingdom of Fishtarian is a large, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 103 million Fishtarianians 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 Defense, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 56.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Fishtarianian economy, worth 3.55 trillion Fishtarian Coins a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,507 Fishtarian Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Leader's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards, Fishtarian is increasingly belligerent on the international stage, sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, and euthanasia is legal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fishtarian's national animal is the Harp Seal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Fishtarian is ranked 59,378^th in the world and 40^th in Fish Storage for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 47.2 on the Kitten Softness Rating.