The United Socialist States of Leonfire is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Alpha Scuti with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.181 billion Leonfireans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pantherax. The average income tax rate is 89.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Leonfirean economy, worth 813 trillion Bitts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. Average income is 79,939 Bitts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

High school bands practice by moonlight, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, and Alpha Scuti spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Leonfire's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Leonfire is ranked 11,176^th in the world and 431^st in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,618.33 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.