Utopia
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A utopian future is one where the populace is happy, all the time, and their lives are filled with pleasure. The term comes from the book Utopia by Thomas More, a work of fiction, originally in Latin, describing an island which purports to be an ideal society. Like Plato's The Republic, it actually describes a world far from ideal. The term Utopia comes from the Greek terms: οὐ no, and τόπος, place, i.e. "no place" or "place that does not exist")
A number of people throughout history have attempted to set up their own utopias, and all of these attempts have ended in failure.
See Also
Dystopia, the flipside of Utopia