The Democratic Republic of Fliusau is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.394 billion Fliusauans are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 27.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Fliusauan economy, worth 56.6 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,620 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', on hunt days the unpleasant peasant runs in lieu of the pheasant, and poets and writers are regularly rounded up and shot for entertainment. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fliusau's national animal is the unicorn.

Fliusau is ranked 156,640^th in the world and 7,274^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 509.5 on the Gilded Widget Scale.