The People's Republic of Floreiana is a huge, safe nation, notable for its public floggings and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 367 million Floreianics are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osten. The average income tax rate is 34.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Floreianan economy, worth 13.1 trillion Osts a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,613 Osts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pregnancy tests are under fire from the government for being marketed only to women, thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses, every fourth child is born with flippers instead of hands, and the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Floreiana's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Floreiana is ranked 278,462^nd in the world and 684^th in The Wellspring for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.77 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.