The Republic of Fluvial Lakes is a colossal, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.09 billion Fluvial Lakesians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.8%.

The strong Fluvial Lakesian economy, worth 182 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is 58,914 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Internet moderators work overtime to remove memes comparing Leader to cartoon bears, acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse, people's charity begins and ends at home, and no cul-de-sac or trailer park is complete without a gambling parlor. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fluvial Lakes's national animal is the shoop, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Fluvial Lakes is ranked 254,522^nd in the world and 3^rd in Biotite for Nicest Citizens, with 8.98 average smiles per day.