The Republic of The flinder is a tiny, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning unicorn population. The hard-working population of 7 million flinderians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.5%.

The very strong flinderian economy, worth 331 billion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 47,334 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 144,598 per year while the poor average 12,010, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. The flinder's national animal is the unicorn.

The flinder is ranked 280,770^th in the world and 1^st in Cracker Barrel for Highest Poor Incomes, with 12,010.35 Standard Monetary Units.