The United Socialist States of Lipia is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its public floggings, triple-decker prams, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 597 million Lipians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Winchst. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Lipian economy, worth 5.77 trillion Lipiroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 9,672 Lipiroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, fireworks and other big bangs are forbidden during the newest public holiday, recognizing the Lipian flag qualifies you for citizenship, and hospitals in Lipia are too busy serving the needs of Carcassonne to see Lipians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lipia's national animal is the Tyfago, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lipia is ranked 278,292^nd in the world and 728^th in Carcassonne for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.63 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.