The Democratic Republic of Furen is a very large, genial nation, notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 338 million Furenians 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 Administration, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liqina. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Furenian economy, worth 6.16 trillion Furorns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 18,221 Furorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, the Furenian government is the world's largest NGO, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, and the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Furen's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Furen is ranked 107,466^th in the world and 45^th in Aeternas for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 792.32 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.