The United Socialist States of Leonfire is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Alpha Scuti with an even hand, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 15.26 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 morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pantherax. The average income tax rate is 89.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Leonfirean economy, worth a remarkable 1,207 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 79,100 Bitts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Astronauts take one small step for Leonfire and one giant step backward from confrontation, bike rage is all the rage, telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, and the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks. 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 Christianity.

Leonfire is ranked 236,382^nd in the world and 3,645^th in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 8.05 Obesity Rate.