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The People's Socialist Republic of Isla de Flores is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by General Secretary Emmanuel Rodriguez with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.305 billion Isla de Floresians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ciudad de las Flores. The average income tax rate is 81.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Isla de Floresian economy, worth a remarkable 1,236 trillion Isla de Flores Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 71,465 Isla de Flores Pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study, women who display their ankles are shunned by society, six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion, and exam halls are littered with used needles and empty pill bottles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Isla de Flores's national animal is the Blue Trogon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Isla de Flores is ranked 69,134^th in the world and 6^th in Zentari for Highest Poor Incomes, with 43,243.51 Standard Monetary Units.