The Federal Republic of Listavia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 880 million Listavians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erin Lomen. The average income tax rate is 26.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Listavian economy, worth 86.7 trillion Lists a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is 98,566 Lists, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, torture is illegal, where there's smoke there's the Listavian Forestry Department, and incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Listavia's national animal is the Snake.

Listavia is ranked 66,779^th in the world and 124^th in Starlight for Most Developed, scoring 70.95 on the Human Development Index.