The Republic of Labutes is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 195 million Labutes have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.8%.

The thriving Labute economy, worth 13.7 trillion escudo-atlânticoes a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 70,354 escudo-atlânticoes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 232,622 per year while the poor average 15,906, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

Children seem to be getting better at lying these days, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, teens are voting on which C-List pop star will be next to be evicted from the opera house, and murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Labutes's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Labutes is ranked 24,827^th in the world and 16^th in Portugal for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 64,866.97 Standard Monetary Units.