The United Socialist Republics of Leouschburgh is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Vladimir Konstantinovich Bezobrazov with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 15.244 billion Leouschburghians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hoffstadt. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Leouschburghian economy, worth a remarkable 2,120 trillion Leouschburghian Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 139,093 Leouschburghian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation grinds to a halt on the anniversary of every marginally noteworthy event, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, civil engineers are undermining sinkholes, and space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Leouschburgh's national animal is the Leouschburghian Water Rail, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Not Applicable.

Leouschburgh is ranked 74,280^th in the world and 16^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 14,747.25 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.