The United Federation of Flamestar is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Dr Rachel Roy with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 854 million Flamestarians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bramble Spire City. The average income tax rate is 48.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Flamestarian economy, worth 117 trillion graphons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 136,666 graphons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Supervisors in Flamestar commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence, the lives of former ski town residents are going downhill, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, and rumour has it Dr Rachel Roy needs a calculator to multiply ten by ten. Crime is totally unknown. Flamestar's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Flamestar is ranked 13,489^th in the world and 324^th in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 82.78 quips per hour.