The Federation of Finlan Sound is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Red Lincoln with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The democratic population of 14.148 billion Finlan Soundians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Welfare, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Lincoln. The average income tax rate is 29.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Finlan Soundian economy, worth 425 trillion kronor a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,093 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, antique comic book collectors are disappointed to hear that their treasures are worth exactly as little as their mothers said they were, and you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Finlan Sound's national animal is the cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Yes.

Finlan Sound is ranked 122,885^th in the world and 4^th in The Arctic for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.