The United Socialist States of Flamzeth is a mid-sized, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 79 million Flamzethians 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Flamzethian economy, worth 855 billion Flams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 10,827 Flams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary, the government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, the nation's official head of religious affairs is an atheist, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flamzeth's national animal is the Giaraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Flamzeth is ranked 310,436^th in the world and 251^st in The Dominion of Order for Highest Average Incomes, with 10,827.79 Standard Monetary Units.