The Federal Republic of Lion624 is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 533 million Lion624ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.5%.

The very strong Lion624ian economy, worth 42.4 trillion catnips 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Information Technology, 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 79,505 catnips, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 253,684 per year while the poor average 18,942, a ratio of 13.4 to 1.

Burnt-out forty-foot-tall wicker men dot the countryside, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, edgy teens know that illegal discos are where the cool cats hang, and people who have lived their entire lives in Lion624 are shocked to discover that they are not citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion624's national animal is the Meowing Cats, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lion624 is ranked 199,741^st in the world and 724^th in Concord for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.32 percentage of bribes refused.