The Republic of Lestevia is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed population of 378 million Lestevians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brontess. The average income tax rate is 34.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Lestevian economy, worth 25.2 trillion Lestevian Cardiffs 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 66,708 Lestevian Cardiffs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of Lestevian democracy, editorials that criticize the government are legally obligated to display the "pants on fire" warning, laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, and men avoid even so much as looking at female colleagues. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lestevia's national animal is the Lestevian Manatee, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lestevia is ranked 83,326^th in the world and 82^nd in Talonia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.18 law-abiding acts per hour.