The Holy Empire of Flimbostan is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, public floggings, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 605 million Flimbostanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Public Transport aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.3%.

The all-consuming Flimbostanian economy, worth 52.2 trillion coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 86,354 coins, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice, the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced, prospective secessionists nervously declare how worthless and unimportant they are, and Flimbostan shot first. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Flimbostan's national animal is the krogg, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Flimbostan is ranked 325,763^rd in the world and 759^th in Concord for Most Pacifist, with 4.71 cheeks turned per day.