The Republic of Lascandra is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by President Naomi Stagmunt with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, digital currency, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working population of 8.86 billion Lascandrans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nikipole. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lascandran economy, worth a remarkable 1,402 trillion Lascandrish pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 158,330 Lascandrish pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, the government violently suppresses separatist movements, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, and the Lascandra Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lascandra's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lascandra is ranked 8,741^st in the world and 1^st in Lascandrish alliance for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 12,705.94 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.