The Federal Republic of Lion653 is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, zero percent divorce rate, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 455 million Lion653ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 42.4%.

The powerhouse Lion653ian economy, worth 41.5 trillion catnips a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 91,102 catnips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Teenagers get their license without taking the test, governments opposing Lion653 are beset by rebels, Leader is worshipped as a god, and the nation frequently scolds its subject territories for staying up past bedtime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion653's national animal is the Meowing Cats, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lion653 is ranked 236,280^th in the world and 913^th in Concord for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -2.68 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.