The Galactic Empire of Flarbinia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Grand Emperor Vladimir Novgorod IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, sprawling nuclear power plants, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 22.077 billion Flarbinians 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 tiny, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deroth Ungol. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Flarbinian economy, worth an astonishing 13,332 trillion Shark'towels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is a breathtaking 603,901 Shark'towels, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,107,880 per year while the poor average 125,854, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

Asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, and maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Flarbinia's national animal is the Hellhound, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church Of Crulmoxius.

Flarbinia is ranked 494^th in the world and 24^th in Lazarus for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 2.11 million Standard Monetary Units.