The Federal Republic of Lion1545 is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, disturbing lack of elderly people, and public floggings. The devout population of 470 million Lion1545ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 38.2%.

The very strong Lion1545ian economy, worth 30.9 trillion catnips a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,691 catnips, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Confused drunks wake up to irate drill sergeants whipping them into shape, elected officials who disagree with Leader have a lot of accidents, women don't report crimes to the emergency services for fear of being arrested, and belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion1545's national animal is the Meowing Cats, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lion1545 is ranked 152,565^th in the world and 539^th in Concord for Smartest Citizens, with 29.57 quips per hour.