The Most Serene Republic of Lehistakel is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 647 million Lehistakelians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, although Welfare, Healthcare, and Administration are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 62.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Lehistakelian economy, worth 17.5 trillion lire 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 Information Technology, Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 27,089 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes, power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, it's considered a civil right to be allowed to neglect and mistreat your own children, and the weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lehistakel's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lehistakel is ranked 96,447^th in the world and 39^th in Lesbian for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 977.98 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.