The Most Pristine Republic of Canopytown is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, smutty television, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 16.174 billion Canopitonians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Understory City. The average income tax rate is 86.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Canopitonese economy, worth a remarkable 2,663 trillion Leaves a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 164,662 Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats miss flights while wandering The Understory City Airport's endless art maze, lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, Blackacrean security services are wondering why Leader is so fond of the numbers 6, 7 and 9, and the government is spending serious cheddar protecting sewer rats. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Canopytown's national animal is the Canopynian Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Canopytown is ranked 10,692^nd in the world and 585^th in Lazarus for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 6,743.73 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.