The Allied States of Flautun is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Peter Peterson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, pith helmet sales, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.213 billion Flautunians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barmi. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Flautunian economy, worth 596 trillion Flauts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 114,383 Flauts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political satirists and late night comedians weep as the government begins cleaning up its act, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, workers for the environmental protection agency are patted down for tartar sauce every morning, and home renovation projects take decades to complete. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flautun's national animal is the Flautunian Wild Short Tailed Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Flautun is ranked 6,317^th in the world and 305^th in Osiris for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,068.9 pounds of wildlife per square mile.