The Most Serene Republic of Flaaklypa is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by the Prime Minister with an even hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, digital currency, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.739 billion Enlightened enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hovedstaden. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Enlightened economy, worth 337 trillion Favours a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is 90,328 Favours, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, and citizens are encouraged to show displeasure with politicians by poking them with sharp metal sticks. Crime is totally unknown. Flaaklypa's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Enlightenment.

Flaaklypa is ranked 6,440^th in the world and 48^th in NationStates for Most Pacifist, with 143.75 Cheeks Turned Per Day.