The Democratic Federal Beds of Sleepy Time is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Luigi Sleeperson with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.95 billion Sleepy Timeans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Field of 200 million Beds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sleepy Timean economy, worth 251 trillion Sleeps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 128,840 Sleeps, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Parents receive hefty fines for telling kids to eat their vegetables, citizens need a magnifying glass and color chart to distinguish between nearly identical brand labels, "What's the Frequency, Luigi Sleeperson?" is a favorite phrase of backyard radio broadcasters when interrupting official diplomatic channels, and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem. Sleepy Time's national animal is the Bed, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Sleeping.

Sleepy Time is ranked 40,504^th in the world and 1^st in Binky Uni0n for Smartest Citizens, with 48.65 quips per hour.