The Republic of Flecht is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, ban on automobiles, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.536 billion Flechtians 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, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Environment and Social Policy not funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Flechtian economy, worth a remarkable 1,812 trillion currencies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 277,355 currencies, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,668,620 per year while the poor average 20,790, a ratio of 80.3 to 1.

The Ministry of Truthiness now manages the entire media industry, Jennifer Government is banned, all the playground's a stage for Flechtian schoolchildren, and most foreigners can't name the leader of Flecht. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Flecht's national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Flecht is ranked 291,206^th in the world and 17^th in Vickenian experiment containment zone for Most Beautiful Environments, with 0.87 pounds of wildlife per square mile.