The Grand Duchy of Forstuline is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its frequent executions and flagrant waste-dumping. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 98 million Forstuliners enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 17.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Forstulinean economy, worth 7.62 trillion Euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,803 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll, hell is not always other people, and autopsies often involve only cursory examination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Forstuline's national animal is the Scarlet Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Forstuline is ranked 68,849^th in the world and 134^th in Concord for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 110.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.