The Democratic Republic of Furen is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic population of 477 million Furenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liqina. The average income tax rate is 77.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Furenian economy, worth 10.9 trillion Furorns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 22,905 Furorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", disaster relief budgets are growing like wildfire, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, and Leader is strangely popular with male politicians' wives. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Furen's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Furen is ranked 82,857^th in the world and 25^th in Aeternas for Highest Drug Use, scoring 210.48 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.