The Watch how I Soar Nation of A Leaf on the Wind is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Ephraim Barnes with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 18.469 billion BrownCoats are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Serenity. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Leaf on the Windian economy, worth a remarkable 1,215 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,834 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

News headlines suggest that Ephraim Barnes has a sideline in guinea pig pimping, television executives are interested in turning Ephraim Barnes's zany home life into a sitcom, smoking is banned in public areas, and the A Leaf on the Wind Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Leaf on the Wind's national animal is the Parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Mirandaism.

A Leaf on the Wind is ranked 74,154^th in the world and 3,584^th in Balder for Most Developed, scoring 69.1 on the Human Development Index.