The Loving Couple of -For TheFuture- is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Merchant with an iron fist, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, state-planned economy, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.445 billion -For TheFuture-ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seaside. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient -For TheFuture-ian economy, worth 835 trillion snails a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 112,191 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries, some magnifier-wielding -For TheFuture-ians say Merchant seems a little lacking in something, and citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -For TheFuture-'s national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-For TheFuture- is ranked 43,200^th in the world and 1^st in KYCF for Safest, scoring 104.87 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.