The Protectorate of Lamp Post XV is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 17.799 billion Lamp Post XVians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 16.1%.

The Lamp Post XVian economy, worth 988 trillion pendulums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 55,550 pendulums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

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

Lamp Post XV is ranked 120,945^th in the world and 1^st in Bundesrepublik Deutschland for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.61 law-abiding acts per hour.