The Republic of -Lionel Messi- is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, infamous sell-swords, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 1.604 billion -Lionel Messi-ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 50.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong -Lionel Messi-ian economy, worth 100 trillion NKBS a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,654 NKBS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach, the nation's prisons are touted as the best weight loss programs money can't buy, and textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Lionel Messi-'s national animal is the NKB, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Lionel Messi- is ranked 94,656^th in the world and 4,154^th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.