The Democratic States of Leppikania is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Nick with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 18.257 billion Leppiks are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Epissiac. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Leppikanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,071 trillion Stars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 168,261 Stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's always a Bigtopian willing to eat Nick's table scraps, election officials are delivered in 30 minutes or money back, the nation's holy places are littered with doughnut crumbs, and no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Leppikania's national animal is the cuttlefish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Pastafarianism.

Leppikania is ranked 319,212^th in the world and 1^st in West Atlantic Organization for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring zero on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.