The Democratic Republic of Foradini is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 85 million Foradinians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 60.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Foradinian economy, worth 4.75 trillion romanettoes a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,852 romanettoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state, and the question of 'what is Leader's favorite color?' has been given a priority rating of burnt-orange. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Foradini's national animal is the goose, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Foradini is ranked 285,491^st in the world and 1,261^st in Europeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -14.9 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.