The Democratic States of Leppikania is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Nick with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.361 billion Leppiks enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Epissiac. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Leppikanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,336 trillion Stars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 162,701 Stars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Police officers find government bureaucracy more terrifying than most serial killers, young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, the official Leppikanian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, and incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Leppikania's national animal is the cuttlefish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Pastafarianism.

Leppikania is ranked 19,203^rd in the world and 1^st in West Atlantic Organization for Nudest, with 220.5 cheeks per square mile.