The Nation of Fools is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Odin with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 15.3 billion Fools are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asgard. The average income tax rate is 76.2%.

The all-consuming Foolsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,126 trillion kroners a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,641 kroners, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

The Navy has outraged the international community by sinking a boatload of refugees to prevent them reaching the shore, marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, convicted murderers are free to walk the streets provided they attend rehabilitation classes, and a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fools's national animal is the baldie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Scientology.

Fools is ranked 47,449^th in the world and 2,924^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.94 law-abiding acts per hour.