The Republic of Fishman 1 is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 439 million Fishman 1ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 36.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Fishman 1ian economy, worth 4.09 trillion feeerrrrs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,310 feeerrrrs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fishman 1's national animal is the rrr334.

Fishman 1 is ranked 181,199^th in the world and 4^th in Cult of Woorth Sectiaistan for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 85.72 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.