The United Provinces of Not The Furbish Islands is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Thomas Norup with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.946 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 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Furbish economy, worth 882 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 98,694 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 46,376^th in the world and 1^st in Manala for Most Developed, scoring 78.18 on the Human Development Index.