The Isle of Furb is a small island off the coast of southeast Asia in the South China Sea that has been home to an opressed population of Furbish people for the last two hundred years. Furb's government was established in 1807 in an effort to legitimize their independence and create distance between the Furbish people and their opressors, however they have been unable to successfully escape the ever-reaching grasp of the Chinese government. The government has taken the form of a democratic meritocracy, where every citizen has a voice but some citizens have more voice than others. Each year, a tournament is held to determine the new president of Furb. The tournament consists of varying events each year, and is scored based on performance in each event as well as votes from the Furbish people. The tournament is open to all Furbish citizens and runs through multiple elimination rounds throughout the year. Eventually only one Furbian will remain, who will then be crowned the winner and President for the next year. The sitting president is not required to participate in the elimination rounds and instead only enters the tournament during the semifinal round in order to allow them time to actually govern on behalf of the Furbish people.
The island is home to more than eighty thousand citizens. The bulk of the economy is sustained via the farming, preparation, and serving of the illusive mémé fruit. This fruit has long been sought after for it's supposed restorative properties. Natives of the island believe that the fruit holds the secrets to a long and prosperous life, and over time as the island was colonized by various countries, others became aware of these legends and sought out their own supply of the fruit. The mémé relies on a very specific set of vitamins and minerals in both the soil and the air, which has yet to be successfully replicated anywhere other than the Isle of Furb. This means that tourists frequently seek out information about Furb in order to obtain some of this miracle fruit. The Isle of Furb does not currently export any mémé fruit, or anything else for that matter.
Few people have heard of the Isle of Furb, and fewer people have been able to escape the island in order to go on to live successful lives in the world at large. For many years there has been a global conspiracy to hide the existence of the island from the world. Researchers won't find any information about the island on Google or on Wikipedia because Jimmy Wales, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin have all been to the island and experienced first hand the huge benefits of consuming the mémé fruit. In order to preserve the fruit and their own success, the group created a cabal referred to only as the "Mémé Mafia" in order to hide the existence of Furb. Any Furbish citizens who have managed to escape the island must live in fear and avoid telling anyone about their origins, less Jimmy Wales' personal hit squad seek them out and eliminate them. Less than a dozen Furbish people are able to escape the island per year, of which at least half of them are met by the Wales' Marauders and killed on contact.
If you are reading this site, it means we have been able to so far skate by undetected from the Mémé Mafia and are able to convey small amounts of information about our existence to the general public. I, myself, am a former citizen of Furb and have thus far been able to escape Wales' assassins, though not without numerous close calls. I am safe as of June 1, 2011. This paragraph is to serve as a canary of sorts. I will update the date on the first of every month so long as I am safe. If I have not updated the site in more than three months it should be assumed that Jimmy Wales is responsible for my demise.
To my fellow Furbians: Raise up against the tyranny, fight your oppressors. Stand up for a free Furb. Destroy the Mémé Mafia and restore our island to it's former glory. Vive la résistance.