The Colony of Futurae Vitae is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Abeghi Noqu with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.297 billion Futraens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basis Terrae. The average income tax rate is 38.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Futraen economy, worth 878 trillion Lunas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 139,470 Lunas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, an alabaster statue of an ancient cat-deity takes pride of place in the centre of Basis Terrae, most of the military's funding goes into researching space-age weaponry, and one does not simply walk into the tundra. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Futurae Vitae's national animal is the Oryx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Futurae Vitae is ranked 68,494^th in the world and 1,567^th in Lazarus for Highest Drug Use, scoring 87 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.