The United Socialist States of Linted is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 257 million Lintedans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Lintedan economy, worth 8.07 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 31,384 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, war vets look after war animals, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and the government hopes austerity will lead to prosperity. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Linted's national animal is the Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Linted is ranked 35,911^th in the world and 242^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 812.69 on the Clooney Contribution Index.