The Federation of Litez is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 249 million Litezians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Litezian economy, worth 10.9 trillion Litzes a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,948 Litzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, a stitch in time could see you serving nine, government expenses are beyond compare, and crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Litez's national animal is the kool thing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Litez is ranked 184,239^th in the world and 4,403^rd in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 49.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.