The General Staff of Federativa Paulista is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by José Lins with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 2.075 billion Paulistas 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of São Paulo. The average income tax rate is 65.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Federativa Paulistan economy, worth 299 trillion Real Paulistas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 144,157 Real Paulistas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Skyscrapers get built in just days, artists are pillars of society, every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver, and criminals are thrown to the Capivaras to repay their debt to society. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Federativa Paulista's national animal is the Capivara, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Flanelismo.

Federativa Paulista is ranked 19,969^th in the world and 21^st in Flanelistan for Highest Food Quality, scoring 117.13 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.