The Free Land of Flowers 96 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, ban on automobiles, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, devout population of 6.998 billion Flowers 96ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.8%.

The strong Flowers 96ian economy, worth 555 trillion Sunshines a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,315 Sunshines, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

Flowers 96 successfully hosted the Flowers Olympics, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, and the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flowers 96's national animal is the Honey bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Flowers 96 is ranked 17,426^th in the world and 1^st in Flowers for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 9,484.05 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.