The Defenders of Flying Eagles is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Defender with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.286 billion Eagles are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Defender City. The average income tax rate is 93.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Eagleian economy, worth 512 trillion Paper Defenders a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 96,874 Paper Defenders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business, too many developers spoil the codebase, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, and you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flying Eagles's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Defenderism.

Flying Eagles is ranked 7,690^th in the world and 92^nd in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 3,730.12 on the Societal Mobility Rating.