The Democratic States of Leppikania is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Nick with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.874 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 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Leppikanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,976 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 166,508 Stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisons in Leppikania are the summer homes of murderers, street crime is on the rise as police officers spend most of their time in prisons, most believe 'tis better to give than to receive, and dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for Leppikanian citizenship. 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 2,781^st in the world and 1^st in West Atlantic Organization for Most Developed, scoring 97.43 on the Human Development Index.