The United Socialist States of Listoria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Steaven Fridge with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 2.559 billion Listorians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of vincan city. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Listorian economy, worth 77.1 trillion listorian founds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 30,110 listorian founds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers, and pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Listoria's national animal is the listorian sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Snortoleon.

Listoria is ranked 121,365^th in the world and 628^th in the Outback for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,268.24 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.