The Republic of Liepeos is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, hatred of cheese, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.799 billion Liepeosians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 78.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Liepeosian economy, worth 889 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 130,867 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Workers have their fruitcake and eat it too, the average cargo freighter spends more than half its service life undergoing safety inspections, politicians can be seen taking candy from babies, and many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Liepeos's national animal is the Python, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Liepeos is ranked 21,320^th in the world and 1,544^th in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.63 law-abiding acts per hour.