The Thought I had left it behind of Follows is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its public floggings, complete lack of prisons, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.213 billion Followsians 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 61.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Followsian economy, worth 52.4 trillion Thrupenny bits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 16,309 Thrupenny bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Follows's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Follows is ranked 136,570^th in the world and 2^nd in Los Angeles for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,055.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.