The Democratic Republic of Lan Orda is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Mage with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The democratic population of 4.486 billion Lan Ordans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lan Kami. The average income tax rate is 49.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Lan Ordan economy, worth 215 trillion erosions 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, 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 48,038 erosions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rogue nations are placing suspiciously large bulk orders for student laptops, businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, and the dartboard at the Lan Ordan Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Lord Mage's face. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lan Orda's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Mageism.

Lan Orda is ranked 54,015^th in the world and 1^st in Fachu Puppet Storage for Largest Black Market, with 13.0 trillion Standard Monetary Units.