The Fanciful Tales of Refuge Isle is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Arch-Administrator Luca with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 11.716 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 3,589 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 306,410 planets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Holidaymakers sleep curled up on the floor as hotel beds are replaced with oversized bookcases, young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, the only movement outdoors is of ramen-delivery drones, and the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape. 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 179^th in the world and 6^th in Refugia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 8,290.27 on the Clooney Contribution Index.