The Fish of Fishstick is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.59 billion Fishstickians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.6%.

The thriving Fishstickian economy, worth 527 trillion V-Bucks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 79,979 V-Bucks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 283,102 per year while the poor average 16,314, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Fishstick's national animal is the Fish.

Fishstick is ranked 243,965^th in the world and 35^th in Gypsy Lands for Highest Poor Incomes, with 16,314.25 Standard Monetary Units.