The Confrederal Property of Spare Flagpole is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Chairbear of the High Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 25.667 billion flagbearers have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Administration, and Environment also on the agenda, while Defense is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Council Groves. The average income tax rate is 23.2%.

The frighteningly efficient flagbearing economy, worth a remarkable 2,644 trillion flags a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 103,025 flags, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

There have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, and you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly. Crime is well under control. Spare Flagpole's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is One Plus Seven.

Spare Flagpole is ranked 9,530^th in the world and 19^th in International Democratic Union for Largest Populations, with 25.7 billion capita.