The Republic of Fudgel is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, infamous sell-swords, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 3.247 billion Fudgelians 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 Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 47.0%.

The all-consuming Fudgelian economy, worth 306 trillion baht a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 94,424 baht, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it, the government is spending billions of taxpayer baht to support "struggling" industries, masterpieces by male artists are on display in the dumpsters behind the gallery, and a large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fudgel's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Fudgel is ranked 115,242^nd in the world and 3,075^th in Suspicious for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,858.43 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.