The United Federation of Flamestar is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 647 million Flamestarians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bramble Spire City. The average income tax rate is 45.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Flamestarian economy, worth 83.2 trillion graphons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 128,532 graphons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation, prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad, and captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flamestar's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Flamestar is ranked 39,234^th in the world and 618^th in the South Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,295.33 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.