The Kingdom of Florand is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working population of 785 million Florandeses enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Florium. The average income tax rate is 9.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Florandese economy, worth 45.1 trillion Grinas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is 57,412 Grinas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

A popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and the government is engaging in an agricultural trade war with Maxtopia. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Florand's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Florand is ranked 58,141^st in the world and 582^nd in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.48 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.