The Democratic Republic of Libate is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Kurt Schmidt with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 28.721 billion Libateans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

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 92.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Libatean economy, worth a remarkable 3,653 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 127,209 Silver Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A surprising number of police officers have been arrested for Dolphin sacrifices, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", white strait-jackets are the new orange jumpsuits, and an internet search for the word "bland" produces pictures of Prime Minister Kurt Schmidt. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very 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 2,731^st in the world and 6^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3,167.51 pounds of wildlife per square mile.