The Republic of Flame Trooper 16 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.515 billion Flame Trooper 16ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Law & Order, with Healthcare, Welfare, and Social Policy also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 45.0%.

The Flame Trooper 16ian economy, worth 61.5 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 40,577 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, some say that Leader can't handle the truth but can handle truth-seekers, elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists, and animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flame Trooper 16's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Flame Trooper 16 is ranked 262,948^th in the world and 45^th in Boston for Highest Average Incomes, with 40,577.35 Standard Monetary Units.