The Federal Democratic Republic of Floedlaenn is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Agust MacLeoid with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.076 billion Floedlaennians 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cartéras. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Floedlaennian economy, worth 903 trillion dálers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 127,670 dálers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The most notorious criminals are given the Consequences of Your Actions Award, confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle", five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, and people faint regularly as they get stuck with compulsory vaccinations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Floedlaenn's national animal is the orca, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of the Benevolent Divines.

Floedlaenn is ranked 281,152^nd in the world and 155^th in Refugia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6.13 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.