The Commonwealth of Ligurian Republic is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 133 million Ligurians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 46.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Ligurian economy, worth 8.39 trillion ligurian lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,094 ligurian lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign leaders are advising that Leader's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, the easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program, and skin-tone prom dresses are more unpopular than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ligurian Republic's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ligurian Republic is ranked 19,671^st in the world and 1^st in Ligurian Lands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 8,846.86 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.