The Democratic Republic of Larrais is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate population of 452 million Larraisians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port-des-Frères. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Larraisian economy, worth 39.8 trillion Argents a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 88,095 Argents, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, kindergartners love the free balloons that their schools give them, farting etiquette is taught in schools, and country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Larrais's national animal is the lemon shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Larrais is ranked 274,701^st in the world and 187^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.28 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.