The Democratic Republic of Libate is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Kurt Schmidt with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, hatred of cheese, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 28.641 billion Libateans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olland. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Libatean economy, worth a remarkable 3,634 trillion Silver Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,910 Silver Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is reining in public spending, blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic, billions of Silver Dollars are spent to take high-quality photos of the Dolphin Nebula, and Prime Minister Kurt Schmidt reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Libate's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Libate is ranked 6,398^th in the world and 14^th in The Union of Democratic States for Lowest Crime Rates, with 110.71 law-abiding acts per hour.