The Tribe of Fortvento is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by God-Chief Orvolo with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 15.377 billion Ventoj are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fortvento. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vento economy, worth a remarkable 1,180 trillion valoroes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 76,741 valoroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The most popular stadium acts are one-off performances, God-Chief Orvolo has been declared supreme ruler for all eternity, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Fortvento's national animal is the arbarcato, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Vento-Polytheism.

Fortvento is ranked 180,849^th in the world and 15^th in The LCRUA for Most Developed, scoring 54.02 on the Human Development Index.