The Democratic Empire of Lartace is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Savatigika Romullaf with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 5.681 billion Lartaceans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mangover. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lartacean economy, worth 557 trillion Æztidags a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 98,133 Æztidags, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hordes of unemployed lumberjacks have resorted to cutting down utility poles to satisfy their cravings, recognizing the Lartacean flag qualifies you for citizenship, men of steel get no respect, and women across the country are tying the knot. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lartace's national animal is the Snake Fánsio, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Draconic.

Lartace is ranked 291,057^th in the world and 712^th in Europe for Fattest Citizens, with 5.59 Obesity Rate.