The Democratic Republic of Libate is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Kurt Schmidt with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 28.641 billion Libateans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olland. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Libatean economy, worth a remarkable 3,632 trillion Silver Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,820 Silver Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ships no longer sail as no one wants to encounter Libatean pirates, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, and hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very 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 6,310^th in the world and 14^th in The Union of Democratic States for Lowest Crime Rates, with 110.94 law-abiding acts per hour.