The Most Serene Republic of La Republique Louisianaise is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Madeleine Fontainebleau-LeBlanc with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 8.268 billion Louisianans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Napoléonville. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Louisianan economy, worth 577 trillion Francs a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,897 Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors, the Great Louisianan Melting Pot boils out ethnic heritage, and legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. La Republique Louisianaise's national animal is the Pelican, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

La Republique Louisianaise is ranked 282,485^th in the world and 22^nd in Kyodeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -13.22 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.