The Republic of Leser is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, smutty television, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 12.72 billion Leserians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Leserian economy, worth a remarkable 4,698 trillion cashes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 369,362 cashes, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, and discarded pennies litter the streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Leser's national animal is the byk, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Leser is ranked 4,845^th in the world and 228^th in Osiris for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 7,776.37 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.