The Community of Fungal Refuge is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, complete lack of prisons, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 425 million Fungal Refugeans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gromp. The average income tax rate is 40.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Fungal Refugean economy, worth 28.2 trillion pesos a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,288 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Minefields are being deployed along the border to discourage potential emigrants from trying to leave, the nation's endangered species are no longer endangered, black tea is only available on the black market, and the commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled Fungal Refuge with a very polite populace. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fungal Refuge's national animal is the Mushroom infected rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Fungal Refuge is ranked 280,024^th in the world and 6,832^nd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -9.52 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.