The Post-Hiatus Republic of Flecatya is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Krylov the Unyielding with an iron fist, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, infamous sell-swords, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.036 billion Flecatyans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Spirituality are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Discord Bunker. The average income tax rate is 27.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Flecatyan economy, worth a remarkable 7,188 trillion People's Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 478,053 People's Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

The purgative quality of Flecatyan cuisine is known across the globe, lobster tastes best when it is red, mums always ask their three-year-olds for permission before hugging them, and the government invades its allies more than its enemies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Flecatya's national animal is the domestic cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Britannicism.

Flecatya is ranked 166^th in the world and 1^st in Pax Britannia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 20,975 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.