The United States of Forame is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 543 million Forameans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Forsk. The average income tax rate is 51.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Foramean economy, worth 64.7 trillion Foramean Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,115 Foramean Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination", hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", bizarre-looking creatures called 'Bald Eagledogs' dominate wildlife preserves, and the Forestry Department has decided you really can't fight fire with fire. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Forame's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Forame is ranked 14,755^th in the world and 53^rd in Christians for Most Cultured, scoring 98 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.