The Incorporated States of The Flea Circus is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Itchy The Ringmaster with an iron fist, and notable for its digital currency, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.338 billion Flea Circusians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Three Ring Circus. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The powerhouse Flea Circusian economy, worth 545 trillion Flea Bites a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 74,391 Flea Bites, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 384,804 per year while the poor average 7,813, a ratio of 49.2 to 1.

Travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, bris parties are all the rage, the poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills, and judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend. Crime is a problem. The Flea Circus's national animal is the Mangy Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pulicosis.

The Flea Circus is ranked 310,107^th in the world and 44^th in Philosophers for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 6.41 Effective Tax Rate.