The Democratic States of Flavin is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 36 million Flavinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 13.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Flavinian economy, worth 2.12 trillion deners a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,820 deners, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, the new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, Leader's Twitcher account is typically used to share beaver memes rather than government policy, and Leader's Twitcher account is once again only used for bragging about the government's accomplishments. Crime is totally unknown. Flavin's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Flavin is ranked 96,876^th in the world and 2,761^st in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 67 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.