The Republic of Liwudprand is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, avant-garde cinema, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.865 billion Liwudprandians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of solferino. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Liwudprandian economy, worth 197 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 105,632 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by Leader, a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", and babies living in poverty are told to take responsibility for their own fortunes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Liwudprand's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is catholicism.

Liwudprand is ranked 308,957^th in the world and 1,628^th in the Outback for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -19.75 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.