The Republic of Flame Trooper 18 is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 1.377 billion Flame Trooper 18ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 37.1%.

The Flame Trooper 18ian economy, worth 58.2 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 42,253 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Dentists routinely perform open heart surgery, Leader's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week, the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, and foreign musicians that Leader dislikes are turned away at the border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flame Trooper 18's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Flame Trooper 18 is ranked 140,645^th in the world and 1,618^th in eta for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 77.16 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.