The Democratic People's Republic of Folenz is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by his genius Franz Hirschwald with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.999 billion Folenzians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Urbs Magnus et Pulcher. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Folenzian economy, worth a remarkable 2,351 trillion dinars a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an amazing 293,948 dinars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,872,873 per year while the poor average 19,011, a ratio of 98.5 to 1.

Baize on snooker tables has been stripped for "appearing too hedonistic", closed universities are currently being converted into McRonald's restaurants, His genius Franz Hirschwald has been known to make speeches in fishing waders, and stockbrokers dream of getting rich by writing textbooks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Folenz's national animal is the Dachshund, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Folenzianism.

Folenz is ranked 353^rd in the world and 17^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 119.79 flags saluted per person per day.