The Allied States of Flautun is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Peter Peterson with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, pith helmet sales, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.161 billion Flautunians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barmi. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Flautunian economy, worth a remarkable 1,455 trillion Flauts a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 143,270 Flauts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recreational drug businesses are regularly pruned if they grow above the maximum legal size, pillows outnumber picket signs at most workers rallies, people with dyslexia are told to tough through it, and exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flautun's national animal is the Hooded Sea Duck, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Flautun is ranked 2,369^th in the world and 110^th in Osiris for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 8,592.21 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.