The United Federation of Flamestar is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 627 million Flamestarians 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 Bramble Spire City. The average income tax rate is 44.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Flamestarian economy, worth 79.4 trillion graphons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 126,693 graphons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, Flamestarians firmly believe that their heroes never farted or popped their pimples, the question of 'what is Leader's favorite color?' has been given a priority rating of burnt-orange, and Leader's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Flamestar's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Flamestar is ranked 14,732^nd in the world and 379^th in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 98 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.