The Republic of Letharium is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its burgeoning hawk population. The democratic population of 6.06 billion Lethariumians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The medium-sized, moralistic, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 21.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Lethariumian economy, worth 181 trillion rubledollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,801 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is almost non-existent, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Letharium's national animal is the hawk.

Letharium is ranked 311,510^th in the world and 1^st in Chicago outfit for Most Developed, scoring 47.87 on the Human Development Index.