The Republic of Flame Trooper 9 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 1.545 billion Flame Trooper 9ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.3%.

The Flame Trooper 9ian economy, worth 75.7 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,995 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

A positive GPA is all it takes to get an elite education, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother, and the nation's armed forces are recruiting thousands to help colonise Brasilistan. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flame Trooper 9's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Flame Trooper 9 is ranked 159,530^th in the world and 1,495^th in eta for Smartest Citizens, with 28.69 quips per hour.