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The Exalted Republic of Port Flynt is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Earl of Rueben with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 16.43 billion Flyntons enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Shelbyville. The average income tax rate is 92.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Port Flyntian economy, worth a remarkable 3,789 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 230,618 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children wondering what happens to pets after they die are shown where the compost heap is, claims of miracles are met with calls to eradicate religion as superstitious nonsense, the universal wage level is set by dividing GDP by the number of citizens, and advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines. Crime is totally unknown. Port Flynt's national animal is the Llama, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Flexible Deism.

Port Flynt is ranked 64,873^rd in the world and 3,236^th in Lazarus for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 4,140.34 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.