The Harmonious Orchard of Fishy Apples is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Jackie IV with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, pith helmet sales, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 20.865 billion Mer-Apples have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Administration, and Environment are also considered important, while Welfare and Education receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Sweet Apple Ocean. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Fishy Applesian economy, worth a remarkable 4,762 trillion Farts a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 228,238 Farts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 747,268 per year while the poor average 52,359, a ratio of 14.3 to 1.

Emperors are sacrificed to Violet to save on postage, the School of Hard Knocks is receiving record application numbers., the government spends countless taxpayer Farts on preserving soundbites of toddlers banging on pots and pans, and newspapers print only headlines. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Fishy Apples's national animal is the Mermaid, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is The Children of the Bobbing Apple.

Fishy Apples is ranked 331,261^st in the world and 2^nd in The Bunny Fire for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -23.87 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.