The Palisman of Flap Jack is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Hunter with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, rampant corporate plagiarism, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.523 billion Flap Jackians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boiling Isles. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64.7%.

The powerhouse Flap Jackian economy, worth 382 trillion Snails a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,566 Snails, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines, signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés, the well-off amuse themselves by organizing upstairs-downstairs stories within their second homes, and factories grind to a halt every time there is an election. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flap Jack's national animal is the Cardinal, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cards.

Flap Jack is ranked 48,387^th in the world and 1^st in Connecticut for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,471.16 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.