The Great Freed United Republic of Filibustra is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lucas the Fourth with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.382 billion Filibustrians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Obstructa. The average income tax rate is 15.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Filian economy, worth 224 trillion Ekspis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 162,524 Ekspis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

A violent scene on television results in mass mobilization of the National Guard, intoxicated AI mobile platforms are sometimes seen crashing through windows instead of being crashed by them, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, and on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Filibustra's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Filibustra is ranked 67,312^th in the world and 2,768^th in The North Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 4.21 bananas ingested per day.