The Federal Republic of Listavia is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.453 billion Listavians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erin Lomen. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Listavian economy, worth 161 trillion Lists a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 111,085 Lists, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surgical tape has taken on a distinctly red color, travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, the richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper, and a large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Listavia's national animal is the Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Listavia is ranked 31,644^th in the world and 106^th in Starlight for Smartest Citizens, with 54.97 quips per hour.