The Confederate Republic of FutanaTion is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Mike Honey with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.156 billion Futanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.7%.

The strong FutanaTionian economy, worth 77.2 trillion Silver Cents a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration and Book Publishing. Average income is 66,811 Silver Cents, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 195,077 per year while the poor average 18,074, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

Parents giddily refuse to pay their toddlers' medical bills, the alien invasion siren sounds eerily like a UFO, a video of Mike Honey wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. FutanaTion's national animal is the Meerkat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

FutanaTion is ranked 88,232^nd in the world and 143^rd in Fifth Empire for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.91 law-abiding acts per hour.