The Emirate of Lacard 3 is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.213 billion Lacard 3ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 42.2%.

The strong Lacard 3ian economy, worth 119 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,098 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, the government is spending billions of taxpayer dollars to support "struggling" industries, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, and the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lacard 3's national animal is the falcon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Lacard 3 is ranked 25,240^th in the world and 105^th in the Outback for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,790.29 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.