The Confederacy of Louisistan is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Lord Chancellor Wilbur Cross with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 21.918 billion Louisistanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meersburg. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The Louisistanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,567 trillion Louisistanian Grand Quarter Pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 162,766 Louisistanian Grand Quarter Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

The Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, parking lots are littered with coffee cups and doughnut crumbs, cash-strapped politicians frequently host bake sales to fund their campaigns, and rude retail employees are now even ruder homeless panhandlers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Louisistan's national animal is the Kiwi, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Louisistan is ranked 279,160^th in the world and 693^rd in 10000 Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.78 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.