The Republic of Foam Island is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, disturbing lack of elderly people, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 7.32 billion Foam Islandians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Foam Islandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,042 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,420 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

War memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping, citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, the face of Leader is a permanent feature of the Foam Island City skyline, and schoolchildren must pass a six-month Ethics and Safety Committee Assessment before they are allowed to mix baking soda and vinegar. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Foam Island's national animal is the Sand Flea, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Foam Island is ranked 51,785^th in the world and 216^th in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,053.88 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.