The Case of Mistaken Identity of FIorence Marie is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Sir Florence Marie III with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 25.438 billion FIorence Marieans 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taco Town of Taco Sin. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The large but sluggish FIorence Mariean economy, worth 966 trillion Chickens a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 38,000 Chickens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation is compulsory, FIorence Marie's famous countrysides are shrouded by wind farms, parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, and FIorence Marie has designated Taco Town of Taco Sin as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. FIorence Marie's national animal is the Forest Rhino, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Buddhism.

FIorence Marie is ranked 8,022^nd in the world and 9^th in Hippy Haven for Safest, scoring 124.29 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.