The Once in a Lifetime of Fughlaigh is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Bird with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 18.08 billion Fughlaighians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bird City. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Fughlaighian economy, worth 345 trillion Gaada Stacks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 19,094 Gaada Stacks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The armed forces pride themselves on being conventional and predictable, Bird's perky ego is the talk of the town, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, and signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fughlaigh's national animal is the Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is No.

Fughlaigh is ranked 123,239^th in the world and 1^st in Foula for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 606.86 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.