The Grand Duchy of Forstuline is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Duke Jean-Paul Brovin III with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, aversion to nipples, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.591 billion Forstuliners 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 Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Andrews. The average income tax rate is 49.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Forstuliner economy, worth 205 trillion Forstuline Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 129,107 Forstuline Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, a newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Forstuliner as 'your finger, you fool', and replacement organs are grown in vats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Forstuline's national animal is the Scarlet Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Forstuline is ranked 34,223^rd in the world and 49^th in Concord for Lowest Crime Rates, with 83.03 law-abiding acts per hour.