The Republic of Look is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 10.837 billion Lookians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 49.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Lookian economy, worth 232 trillion wefwefwefs 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 21,499 wefwefwefs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper, shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices, the colors pink and purple are banned from military unit insignia, and a major religion has been named as Look's national religion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Look's national animal is the ergergerg, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Look is ranked 265,744^th in the world and 72^nd in 555 for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 10,921.49 Standard Monetary Units.