The Allied States of Flautun is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Peter Peterson with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.302 billion Flautunians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barmi. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Flautunian economy, worth a remarkable 1,479 trillion Flauts a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 143,581 Flauts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, worship days have replaced sick days, many in Flautun are born in the purple, and interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBF Governor goes house hunting. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flautun's national animal is the Hooded Sea Duck, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Flautun is ranked 323,030^th in the world and 15,713^th in Osiris for Rudest Citizens, with 5.04 insults per minute.