The Federation of Leander and Gustavs is a huge, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 373 million Leander and Gustavians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Leander and Gustavsian economy, worth 8.96 trillion pecunia populis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 24,024 pecunia populis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, Air Leander and Gustavs is rumored to receive more government funding than the Leander and Gustavsian Air Force, anti-government web sites are springing up, and Leander and Gustavs successfully hosted the Europe Olympics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Leander and Gustavs's national animal is the aureum ericius, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Leander and Gustavs is ranked 66,900^th in the world and 700^th in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.64 law-abiding acts per hour.