The Republic of NATION LA is a huge, genial nation, ruled by John Smith with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 880 million LAians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brussels. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79.7%.

The frighteningly efficient NATION LAian economy, worth 101 trillion Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,493 Coins, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Every noble family has a 'personal file' on record courtesy of the central intelligence service, a punitive tax has been placed on harmful emissions, "What's the Frequency, John Smith?" is a favorite phrase of backyard radio broadcasters when interrupting official diplomatic channels, and a government program is underway to revitalize NATION LA's beaches. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NATION LA's national animal is the Lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

NATION LA is ranked 19,464^th in the world and 331^st in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 86.99 on the Human Development Index.