The Republic of Lakia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 841 million Lakians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Welfare, and Defense are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lakcity. The average income tax rate is 30.9%.

The strong Lakian economy, worth 57.5 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,376 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lakia's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lakia is ranked 134,475^th in the world and 7,050^th in Lazarus for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,131.77 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.