The Third Republic of DutchFormosa is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by President Nicolaus Schwartz with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.277 billion Formosans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zeelandia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Formosan economy, worth a remarkable 1,363 trillion Guilders a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 187,359 Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, dreams of entering the Super League have been relegated to the history books, the carbon tax fund gladly supplies warm blankets when the poor can't pay their heating bills, and the government has an entire department dedicated to staring at microscopes and writing down letters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. DutchFormosa's national animal is the Sika deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Dutch Reformed Church.

DutchFormosa is ranked 330,831^st in the world and 95^th in Timoria for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -34.96 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.