The United Kingdom of Flourite is a titanic, socially progressive nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 17.613 billion Flouriteans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veridian City. The average income tax rate is 85.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Flouritean economy, worth a remarkable 1,094 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 62,158 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

High school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, Flouritean novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Leader, and on-call doctors who check their pagers during movies are banned from cinemas for life. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flourite's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Flourite is ranked 10,688^th in the world and 10^th in Texas for Nicest Citizens, with 30.18 average smiles per day.