The Totally Not Mr L of Laplest is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Weegee with an iron fist, and remarkable for its triple-decker prams, rampant corporate plagiarism, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.869 billion Laplestians 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 minute, corrupt, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Troutman. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.2%.

The powerhouse Laplestian economy, worth 400 trillion Golds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 58,185 Golds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 223,285 per year while the poor average 10,453, a ratio of 21.4 to 1.

The nation's air defense strategy is two-dimensional, open-casket funerals are avoided at all cost, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, and foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Laplest's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Laplest is ranked 134,859^th in the world and 7^th in APA for Highest Average Incomes, with 58,185.56 Standard Monetary Units.