The Dominion of Forge Industries is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, fear of technology, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 822 million Forge Industriesians 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, moralistic government is primarily concerned with Welfare, with Healthcare, Law & Order, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 29.4%.

The powerhouse Forge Industriesian economy, worth 66.0 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,272 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Tumbleweeds made of litter adorn city streets, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, the Forge Industriesian Intelligence Agency relies on rumour and guidebooks to know what is happening overseas, and the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Forge Industries's national animal is the tuna, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Forge Industries is ranked 54,872^nd in the world and 446^th in the West Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 34.23 kickbacks per hour.