The Commonwealth of Greater Flanders Fields is a large, safe nation, renowned for its public floggings, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 62 million Greater Flanders Fieldsians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 27.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Greater Flanders Fieldsian economy, worth 3.33 trillion Vlaomse Franks a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 53,751 Vlaomse Franks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Underground copulation clubs have sprung up in major cities, euthanasia is legal, the death penalty has been reintroduced, and a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Flanders Fields's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Greater Flanders Fields is ranked 221,981^st in the world and 5,072^nd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.01 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.