The Republic of Echo Park is a large, safe nation, notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 144 million Echo Parkians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 27.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Echo Parkian economy, worth 8.48 trillion American Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,858 American Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Echo Parkian Embarrassments, city workers have declared that rolling markets aren't good for business after all, the country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, and executions often take hours as amateurs attempt to find veins. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Echo Park's national animal is the Grizzly Bear.

Echo Park is ranked 195,915^th in the world and 30^th in The Toastic Assembly for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 40.33 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.