The Republic of Fulreh is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, anti-smoking policies, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.031 billion Fulrans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 79.1%.

The thriving Fulrehian economy, worth 56.8 trillion Diatian Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. Average income is 55,061 Diatian Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

The importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, the nation is known abroad mostly for its Parliamentary antics, Fulrehian actors literally work from cradle to grave, and Leader has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fulreh's national animal is the Desert Warhawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Fulreh is ranked 318,774^th in the world and 14,746^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -134.79 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.