The Grand Duchy of Lacard 2 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.272 billion Lacard 2ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 46.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Lacard 2ian economy, worth 81.4 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,833 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, the saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", and you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lacard 2's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lacard 2 is ranked 263,814^th in the world and 1,415^th in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -7.39 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.