The Republic of Flim- is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its lack of airports, state-planned economy, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 360 million Flim-ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 49.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Flim-ian economy, worth 14.6 trillion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 40,430 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Structures are raised on promises, voting is voluntary, the relatives of suicide victims tend to be angry rather than sad, and the fattest folk in Flim- look to be the happiest ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flim-'s national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Flim- is ranked 272,870^th in the world and 247^th in Charleslandia for Safest, scoring 18.38 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.