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The Commonwealth of Forstration is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Conor Thompson with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working population of 6.196 billion Forstrationites 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lochester. The average income tax rate is 59.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Forstratite economy, worth 267 trillion shillings a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,219 shillings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", and murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Forstration's national animal is the red squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is one of them.

Forstration is ranked 105,564^th in the world and 21^st in Trica for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,675.12 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.