The Colony of Futurae Vitae is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Abeghi Noqu with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.471 billion Futraens are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basis Terrae. The average income tax rate is 31.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Futraen economy, worth 323 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 130,816 Lunas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Minor parties are virtually absent in Parliament, the legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system, the nation's black ops are starting to get on people's nerves, and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. 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 116,410^th in the world and 4,009^th in Lazarus for Largest Soda Pop Sector, scoring 434.79 on the Addison-Fukk Productivity Rating.