The Federal Republic of Fvv173 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its public floggings, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.004 billion Fvv173ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 50.5%.

The all-consuming Fvv173ian economy, worth 298 trillion arts a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,337 arts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Ill and injured visitors in Fvv173 have to walk it off until they return home, children are told they have to do well in school if they want to live, police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers, and prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fvv173's national animal is the mammal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Fvv173 is ranked 62,060^th in the world and 2,842^nd in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 153.27 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.