The Disputed Territories of Lehrer is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 302 million Lehrerians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Lehrerian economy, worth 6.13 trillion Civils 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, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Soda Sales, and Gambling. 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 20,303 Civils, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, members of majority races are forced out of their homes to make way for Bigtopians, and extraordinary rendition is nothing out of the ordinary. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lehrer's national animal is the California gull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Lehrer is ranked 118,435^th in the world and 128^th in Karma for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 43.68 on the Kitten Softness Rating.