The Democratic Empire of Lartace is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Savatigika Romullaf with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, national health service, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 5.687 billion Lartaceans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mangover. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lartacean economy, worth 556 trillion Æztidags 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 97,853 Æztidags, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery, ad-blocking has been nationalised, the new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", and police drones follow every suspected Peeping Tom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lartace's national animal is the Snake Fánsio, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Draconic.

Lartace is ranked 26,707^th in the world and 373^rd in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 84.25 on the Human Development Index.