The Absolute Monarchy of Formendia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Karl XVII with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, public floggings, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 2.182 billion Formendians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eggia. The average income tax rate is 49.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Formendian economy, worth 189 trillion Formedian Kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,982 Formedian Kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Primary candidates are replaced if they fail to compliment Karl XVII's hair, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Penguinball fields, genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons, and children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Formendia's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Eggbirdqe.

Formendia is ranked 35,436^th in the world and 107^th in Europeia for Most Corrupt Governments, with 61.38 kickbacks per hour.