The Protectorate of Lamp Post XIX is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its burgeoning polar bear population. The quiet, industrious population of 17.77 billion Lamp Post XIXians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 18.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Lamp Post XIXian economy, worth 825 trillion pendulums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,427 pendulums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lamp Post XIX's national animal is the polar bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lamp Post XIX is ranked 118,931^st in the world and 1^st in Antisoc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.82 law-abiding acts per hour.