The Free Land of Filistinia is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its hatred of cheese, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.034 billion Filistinians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Environment, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Filistinian economy, worth 183 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 22,892 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Treason is relative, former gun owners are finding that brandishing paintball guns isn't as satisfying as the real thing, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, and being Leader has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Filistinia's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Filistinia is ranked 13,865^th in the world and 396^th in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 117.34 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.