The Fanciful Tales of Refuge Isle is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Arch-Administrator Luca with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 13.236 billion Refugi 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Admin Tower. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Refugi economy, worth a remarkable 4,296 trillion planets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 324,607 planets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in the Admin Tower for fear of causing a fuss, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, when shaking hands with foreign leaders Arch-Administrator Luca wears an armoured gauntlet, and the Museum of Soybeans is the cultural heart of the nation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Refuge Isle's national animal is the SimpleBot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Zyqxuwy.

Refuge Isle is ranked 137^th in the world and 3^rd in Refugia for Most Pacifist, with 336.08 cheeks turned per day.