The Republic of Lesko is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 618 million Leskoans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64.8%.

The powerhouse Leskoan economy, worth 47.8 trillion Lumiones a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 77,349 Lumiones, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions, you can tell when Leskoans are being snarky by the fact their lips are moving, political activists are routinely executed, and the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lesko's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lesko is ranked 12,798^th in the world and 1^st in Holo for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 6,741.68 on the Hickory Productivity Index.