The Republic of Echo Park is a tiny, genial nation, renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 7 million Echo Parkians 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 medium-sized, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, International Aid, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 19.4%.

The Echo Parkian economy, worth 340 billion American Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 48,599 American Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, euthanasia is legal, the Echo Parkian government is the world's largest NGO, and park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers. Crime is well under control. Echo Park's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Echo Park is ranked 49,945^th in the world and 34^th in The Toastic Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 17.69 average smiles per day.