The New Cruor Federation of BeaconFlat is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Avakael with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 38.951 billion Beaconites are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Direshield. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Flat economy, worth a remarkable 4,968 trillion Halicarnassuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 127,551 Halicarnassuses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 494,202 per year while the poor average 22,563, a ratio of 21.9 to 1.

Foreign powers often deal with problems that BeaconFlat can't handle, for 25 Halicarnassuses tourists can gawk at the site of national tragedy, the might of the entire Flat Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders, and Avakael's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. BeaconFlat's national animal is the White Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cruor.

BeaconFlat is ranked 8,031^st in the world and 11^th in Ordo Imperialia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,054.66 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.