The 42 Percent Tax Evasion Rate of The Blue Fire is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Meel with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, prohibition of alcohol, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.931 billion Fi'rei are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Morhal-Bismuth. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Fi'rean economy, worth 344 trillion Flats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 117,673 Flats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have, the ruling party has a devil of a time keeping order in the ranks, theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago, and the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Blue Fire's national animal is the Firefish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Blue Fire is ranked 279,030^th in the world and 271^st in Refugia for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.67 kickbacks per hour.