The Commonwealth of FLs Mind is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 909 million FLs Mindians 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 Industry. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming FLs Mindian economy, worth 63.7 trillion All the Money in the worlds a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,104 All the Money in the worlds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nobody likes bad boys any more, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister, and asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. FLs Mind's national animal is the FL, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

FLs Mind is ranked 7,004^th in the world and 2^nd in The Moon for Nicest Citizens, with 37.82 average smiles per day.