The United Provinces of Not The Furbish Islands is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Thomas Norup with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.026 billion Furbishmen enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boston. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Furbish economy, worth 405 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,675 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Survivors receive aid from only the most environmentally-friendly transport, mollycoddled youths run the country, the government tells its citizens to 'forgive and forget', and mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Not The Furbish Islands's national animal is the Furbish jungle cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of The Furbish Islands.

Not The Furbish Islands is ranked 51,901^st in the world and 1^st in Manala for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 598.3 on the Clooney Contribution Index.