The Republic of Fictiobourg is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 1.809 billion Fictiobourgians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Département De Centrum. The average income tax rate is 63.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Fictiobourgian economy, worth 146 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,803 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister, it is a silent spring in Fictiobourg, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. 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, and its national religion is Secularism.

Fictiobourg is ranked 139,969^th in the world and 803^rd in Europe for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,636.32 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.