The Queendom of FishLand the fourth is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 460 million FishLand the fourthians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish FishLand the fourthian economy, worth 11.4 trillion large scraps of fox meats 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 Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 24,783 large scraps of fox meats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

FishLand the fourthian politics is literally a blood sport, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, and search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. FishLand the fourth's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

FishLand the fourth is ranked 306,389^th in the world and 17^th in The Looking Glass Land for Most Developed, scoring 48.75 on the Human Development Index.