The Republic of Lipophilic is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.218 billion Lipophilicians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lipophilician economy, worth 210 trillion xjzfs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,998 xjzfs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Possession of tomato seeds with intent to garden is a criminal offence, major polluting industries have painted a lot of their machines green to give an impression of caring about the environment, choking on xjzfs is a leading cause of death for wild animals, and Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Lipophilic. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lipophilic's national animal is the xjzf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lipophilic is ranked 262,641^st in the world and 192^nd in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 42.18 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.