The Republic of Firestorm 100 is a mammoth, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and restrictive gun laws. The democratic population of 6.08 billion Blaze 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 Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 35.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Blazen economy, worth 232 trillion gems a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,222 gems, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Firestorm 100's national animal is the phoenix.

Firestorm 100 is ranked 85,568^th in the world and 1^st in The Geometrix for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,561.37 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.