The Jingoistic States of Fish in the sea is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 28.221 billion Fish in the seans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Social Policy, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.4%.

The strong Fish in the sean economy, worth a remarkable 1,195 trillion shells a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. Average income is 42,361 shells, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 288,009 per year while the poor average 2,276, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Same-sex marriages are increasingly common, voting is voluntary, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is a serious problem. Fish in the sea's national animal is the fish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Fish in the sea is ranked 262,783^rd in the world and 3,863^rd in the Rejected Realms for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.