The United Federation of Flamestar is a huge, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 640 million Flamestarians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bramble Spire City. The average income tax rate is 45.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Flamestarian economy, worth 81.7 trillion graphons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 127,717 graphons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the Flamestarian Space Agency, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, and the intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Flamestar's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Flamestar is ranked 295,721^st in the world and 3,892^nd in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.05 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.