The Federal Republic of Lestov is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 131 million Lestovians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 8.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Lestovian economy, worth 11.8 trillion Levstiv Rubbles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,042 Levstiv Rubbles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Hockey players who drop their gloves discard them on abandoned baseball mitts, the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, and the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Lestov's national animal is the wolf.

Lestov is ranked 147,131^st in the world and 331^st in The League for Safest, scoring 60.06 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.