The Free Federal Republic of Flahaten is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Home Council with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.733 billion Flahathians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flahaten City. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Flahatenian economy, worth 184 trillion Bucks a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 106,663 Bucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', people who get diabetes can sue donut manufacturers, school football matches are usually five-a-side, and the team in charge of creating a new writing system have spent months deciding whether or not to use serif or sans-serif characters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flahaten's national animal is the White-Crested Black Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Flahaten is ranked 11,591^st in the world and 507^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 113 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.