The Freedom Zone of Lakenbird is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Shreyan with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.566 billion Lakenbirdians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlassia. The average income tax rate is 4.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Lakenbirdian economy, worth a remarkable 1,011 trillion cubics a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 221,569 cubics, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

East Lebatuckese luxury goods are plundered by the working class of Lakenbird, foreign livestock are offered asylum, judicial torture is outsourced overseas, and there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Lakenbird's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Jainism.

Lakenbird is ranked 99,906^th in the world and 1^st in Intergalactic Federation for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,104.29 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.