The Federal Commonwealth of Foredeland is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Patricius Cernalius with a fair hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, zero percent divorce rate, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.117 billion Foredelians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Presmuth. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Foredelandian economy, worth 121 trillion Foredelian Forels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 108,417 Foredelian Forels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

An aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, the nation is noticeably more cheerful on Tuesdays, Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Foredeland as a reminder of their "special relationship", and it is quite common for bar patrons to discuss Wittgenstein over cordials and games of backgammon. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Foredeland's national animal is the Foredelian Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Foredeland is ranked 26,394^th in the world and 376^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 238.65 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.