The Poison of Formaldehyde is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 1.316 billion Formaldehydeans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.9%.

The sizeable but inefficient Formaldehydean economy, worth 46.3 trillion inheritance powders a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,191 inheritance powders, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

It's rare to find an unchewed pencil, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and the Formaldehydean cut of Apocalypse Now sets the helicopter scene to eerie silence. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Formaldehyde's national animal is the freaks.

Formaldehyde is ranked 249,983^rd in the world and 3^rd in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.