The Community of LAZ is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Penelope population. The hard-working, democratic population of 8.357 billion Lazarenes enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 15.9%.

The LAZian economy, worth 460 trillion Feathers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 55,064 Feathers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control. LAZ's national animal is the Penelope, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

LAZ is ranked 146,257^th in the world and 5,500^th in Lazarus for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 552.8 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.