The Direct Democratic Republic of Flaminia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Francesco Alfonsi with an even hand, and renowned for its triple-decker prams, national health service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 2.052 billion Flaminians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aureliano. The average income tax rate is 50.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Flaminian economy, worth 168 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,236 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, school teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students, illegal hunting is rife after veganism was recently made compulsory, and citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flaminia's national animal is the European mouflon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Flaminia is ranked 51,069^th in the world and 580^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 145.31 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.