The Thought I had left it behind of Follows is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, renowned for its frequent executions, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 8.481 billion Followsians 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 61.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Followsian economy, worth 138 trillion Thrupenny bits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 16,309 Thrupenny bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Follows's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Follows is ranked 263,404^th in the world and 8^th in Los Angeles for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4.82 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.