The Republic of Parlaa is a colossal, pleasant nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, disturbing lack of elderly people, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.154 billion Parlaans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 13.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Parlaan economy, worth 195 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,109 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, edutainment video games are taking Parlaa's students to the next level, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, and military barracks resemble five-star hotels. Crime is moderate. Parlaa's national animal is the cow.

Parlaa is ranked 104,143^rd in the world and 1^st in Nelumbo for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,192.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.