The Wave Rider of Flotsam is a mammoth, genial nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, zero percent divorce rate, and compulsory military service. The cynical population of 7.287 billion Flotsamians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Flotsamian economy, worth 617 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 84,728 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government denies any involvement in the release of the Hot Load computer virus, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, and convicted criminals are given free limo rides to jail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flotsam's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Flotsam is ranked 218,526^th in the world and 4^th in Aslai for Largest Black Market, with 350 billion Standard Monetary Units.