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The Federal Republic of Lion468 is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working population of 405 million Lion468ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.7%.

The very strong Lion468ian economy, worth 19.5 trillion catnips a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 48,211 catnips, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 148,861 per year while the poor average 12,046, a ratio of 12.4 to 1.

Representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been banned for advocating gluttony, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, and wandering Lion468ians are known for their one-track minds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion468's national animal is the Meowing Cats, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lion468 is ranked 286,593^rd in the world and 199^th in Lesbian for Most Cultured, scoring 55 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.