The Protectorate of Lamp Post XXX is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 17.869 billion Lamp Post XXXians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 51.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Lamp Post XXXian economy, worth 469 trillion pendulums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 26,265 pendulums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lamp Post XXX's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lamp Post XXX is ranked 260,901^st in the world and 1^st in The Commonwealth States for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 12,870.15 Standard Monetary Units.