The LKE Free Thought Controller of Smartzez is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 28.295 billion Smartzezians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 65.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Smartzezian economy, worth a remarkable 1,481 trillion Sovereigns 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. 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 52,358 Sovereigns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Careless Maxémon Trainers have been the cause of numerous search and rescue operations, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, what citizens give with one hand they take away with the other, and international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Smartzez. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smartzez's national animal is the Golden Eagle.

Smartzez is ranked 60,883^rd in the world and 2^nd in Polis for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 65.53 Effective Tax Rate.