The Republic of Labutes is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, ubiquitous missile silos, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 266 million Labutes enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The powerhouse Labute economy, worth 19.6 trillion escudo-atlânticoes a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 73,777 escudo-atlânticoes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 257,067 per year while the poor average 15,416, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

Public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, the sidewalk is used as an overtaking lane by city drivers, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, and children are often observed making 'sand angels' in bunkers. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Labutes's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Labutes is ranked 186,692^nd in the world and 110^th in Portugal for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.