The People's Republic of Foul play is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Kitsune population. The quiet, industrious population of 4.72 billion Foul playians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 23.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Foul playian economy, worth 205 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,513 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories", and children asking questions about science are referred to relevant sections in religious texts. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Foul play's national animal is the Kitsune, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Foul play is ranked 186,523^rd in the world and 6^th in Chogoris for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 23.3 Effective Tax Rate.