The Republic of FLINT GLASS is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 1.823 billion FLINT GLASSians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.0%.

The very strong FLINT GLASSian economy, worth 79.8 trillion shards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Gambling. Average income is 43,747 shards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 226,001 per year while the poor average 4,606, a ratio of 49.1 to 1.

Adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, Leader is called 'Patches' at international summits, the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, and war criminals are given full state funerals. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. FLINT GLASS's national animal is the glass shark, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

FLINT GLASS is ranked 64,701^st in the world and 11^th in The Infinite Army for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,685.66 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.