The Queen's State of John Forbes is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 21.22 billion John Forbesians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Education is also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.0%.

The thriving John Forbesian economy, worth 878 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 41,420 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 119,958 per year while the poor average 11,333, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. John Forbes's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

John Forbes is ranked 262,940^th in the world and 456^th in 0000 for Lowest Crime Rates, with 43.71 law-abiding acts per hour.