The Republic of Libate is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Velma Mincit with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 33.902 billion Libateans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olland. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Libatean economy, worth a remarkable 3,825 trillion Silver Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 112,844 Silver Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Woe-is-me olympics is the fastest growing collegiate sport, exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain, entomologists flock to Olland for its remarkable gadfly population, and surrogate mothers are encouraged to refer to their wombs as 'rental space'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Libate's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Libate is ranked 209,861^st in the world and 26^th in The Union of Democratic States for Largest Black Market, with 415 billion Standard Monetary Units.