The Republic of Lanity Meld is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical population of 8.294 billion Lanity Meldians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.0%.

The very strong Lanity Meldian economy, worth 439 trillion marks a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Soda Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 52,964 marks, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

A historic rise in the minimum wage has crushed the economy with inflation, the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, and a major religion has been named as Lanity Meld's national religion. Crime is moderate. Lanity Meld's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lanity Meld is ranked 115,635^th in the world and 5^th in Brannackia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,783.82 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.