The Union of Socialist States of Light Republica is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Alexander Vladimirovich Bonita with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.989 billion Lightians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roiveyal. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Light Republican economy, worth a remarkable 2,302 trillion Lightian Rupbles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 177,292 Lightian Rupbles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The image of Light Republica's future is just a picture from last century, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, and Alexander Vladimirovich Bonita's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Light Republica's national animal is the Golden Double-headed Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Lightian Christianity.

Light Republica is ranked 204,200^th in the world and 3^rd in The Maoist Communist Party for Largest Black Market, with 455 billion Standard Monetary Units.