The Third Republic of DutchFormosa is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Nicolaus Schwartz with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, irreverence towards religion, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.217 billion Formosans 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zeelandia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Formosan economy, worth a remarkable 1,339 trillion Guilders a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 185,633 Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, neighbourhood gossips whip up controversy about those receiving adult merchandise, and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. DutchFormosa's national animal is the Sika deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Dutch Reformed Church.

DutchFormosa is ranked 307,015^th in the world and 60^th in Timoria for Fattest Citizens, with 1.14 Obesity Rate.