The Most Pristine Republic of Canopytown is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.872 billion Canopitonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Understory City. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Canopitonese economy, worth a remarkable 1,555 trillion Leaves a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 143,080 Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fire stations and hospitals can't deploy emergency vehicles because badly parked cars block them in, a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation, the wealthiest parts of the country receive the most government spending, and Canopitonese tourists are encouraged to hand out spare condoms to locals while on vacation. Crime is totally unknown. Canopytown's national animal is the Canopynian Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Canopytown is ranked 2,115^th in the world and 89^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 259 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.