The Republic of Leon Bakst is a small, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, hard-working population of 29 million Leon Bakstians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government prioritizes Defense, although Welfare, Healthcare, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 16.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Leon Bakstian economy, worth 1.53 trillion headpats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,848 headpats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, the price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, and Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes. Crime is relatively low. Leon Bakst's national animal is the catgirl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Leon Bakst is ranked 189,605^th in the world and 40^th in Fine Art for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 316.4 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.