The Republic of Forklistan is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 9.705 billion Forklistanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 25.4%.

The Forklistanian economy, worth 397 trillion rupees a year, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. Average income is 40,927 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, mechanics are often exhausted by their work, and tampons are used as cheap fishing bobbers. Crime is moderate. Forklistan's national animal is the cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Forklistan is ranked 226,649^th in the world and 9,670^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 56.39 law-abiding acts per hour.