The Republic of Equilbria is a large, genial nation, renowned for its public floggings and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working population of 125 million Equilbrians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.2%.

The strong Equilbrian economy, worth 6.57 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 52,530 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, members of ethnic minorities are more often called "boy" or "girl" than by their actual names, and refugees from other nations are flocking to Equilbria's border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Equilbria's national animal is the lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Equilbria is ranked 87,614^th in the world and 6^th in Fall Session Intro to POL for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.63 percentage of bribes refused.