The Incorporated States of Leadterian is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 165 million Leadterianians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Leadterianian economy, worth 6.91 trillion dollers 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 Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. 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 41,893 dollers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills, newspapers cannot report anything about politicians without their explicit consent, and battlefield gains are quickly lost when enemies don't respect a time-out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Leadterian's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Leadterian is ranked 166,036^th in the world and 832^nd in Europe for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 766.65 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.