The Democratic States of Lanugaeg is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, daily referendums, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.046 billion Lanugaegians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mesquerte. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lanugaegian economy, worth 362 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 118,824 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, where there's a will there is usually a password manager, clerics are taught that silence is golden and duct tape is silver, and the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lanugaeg's national animal is the Granian Winged Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lanugaeg is ranked 8,500^th in the world and 19^th in Horizon for Nicest Citizens, with 34.79 average smiles per day.