The Republic of LLL8 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 14.106 billion LLL8ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong LLL8ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,138 trillion lls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Pizza Delivery, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 80,736 lls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Air LLL8 tickets have reached sky-high prices due to a complete monopoly on air travel, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", the nation is a world leader in martyrs per capita, and access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. LLL8's national animal is the ll, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

LLL8 is ranked 81,418^th in the world and 16^th in Libertium for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 7,916.99 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.