The Republic of -ll is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, devout population of 8.547 billion -llians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.8%.

The -llian economy, worth 486 trillion rupees 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. 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 56,863 rupees, with the richest citizens earning 9.0 times as much as the poorest.

Murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, mysterious black helicopters menace farmers to ensure compliance with straitjacketing agricultural policies, cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, and taxpayer money is hard at work exorcizing laundry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -ll's national animal is the elephant, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

-ll is ranked 82,217^th in the world and 1^st in 0000000000000000000000000 for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,601.35 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.