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The Loving Couple of For The Future- is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Magistrate Bump with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The hard-nosed, devout population of 7.36 billion For The Future-ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bonesborough. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient For The Future-ian economy, worth 735 trillion snails a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,964 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Dictionary sales have hit an all-time high, millionaires are surprised to find they are eligible for government handouts, GP clinics are inundated by patients requesting prescriptions for alcohol, and the 'no-coal' transition is being paid for in slashed student support funds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. For The Future-'s national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

For The Future- is ranked 36,970^th in the world and 3^rd in Bytes for Highest Poor Incomes, with 66,974.31 Standard Monetary Units.