The United Kingdom of Fishtarian is a tiny, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 10 million Fishtarianians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 35.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The developing Fishtarianian economy, worth 270 billion Fishtarian Coins a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 27,040 Fishtarian Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign lack of enthusiasm for Fishtarianian nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Fishtarian City to enjoy their national art, military barracks resemble five-star hotels, and discarded pennies litter the streets. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable 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 240,540^th in the world and 33^rd in The Toastic Assembly for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.