The Fearless Island of Faaquizaan is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Sheik Shaq Al-Faaq with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, lack of airports, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.904 billion Faaquizaanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Intrepid. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.0%.

The powerhouse Faaquizaanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,989 trillion faaqs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,815 faaqs, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

Door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business, psychological disorders are a taboo subject, and Sheik Shaq Al-Faaq has a wardrobe full of fake designer suits. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Faaquizaan's national animal is the shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Violetism.

Faaquizaan is ranked 315,630^th in the world and 13^th in Out Of Left Field for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 14.68 on the Kitten Softness Rating.