The Republic of Fictiobourg is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, devout population of 540 million Fictiobourgians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Département De Fictiobourg City. The average income tax rate is 48.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Fictiobourgian economy, worth 46.6 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,306 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination, and the government blames all suspicious phenomena on flying saucers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fictiobourg's national animal is the Red fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Fictiobourg is ranked 246,519^th in the world and 1,126^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.87 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.