The People's Republic of Forgawik is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Dave with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, prohibition of alcohol, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.879 billion Forgawikians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Forgawikian economy, worth 301 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 104,789 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lifelong celibates are surprised to receive government-issue condoms in the post, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, referenda are held for every conceivable government action, and the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Forgawik's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Forgawik is ranked 179,048^th in the world and 2,412^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 107.31 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.