The Exalted Republic of Port Flynt is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Earl of Rueben with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 15.109 billion Flyntons enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Shelbyville. The average income tax rate is 84.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Port Flyntian economy, worth a remarkable 3,500 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 231,673 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', 75% of the words in government-funded "Super Fun Maths Games" are probably inaccurate, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace, and doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick. Crime is totally unknown. Port Flynt's national animal is the Llama, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Flexible Deism.

Port Flynt is ranked 278,417^th in the world and 10,254^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 52 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.