The Republic of Flowered Rust is a mammoth, genial nation, notable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 6.186 billion Flowered Rustians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 41.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Flowered Rustian economy, worth 319 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,617 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, the police double as repo men, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', and every politician claims to be at least 1% Native Flowered Rustian. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flowered Rust's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Flowered Rust is ranked 101,491^st in the world and 5,025^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 95.71 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.