The Republic of Math LaTeX is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 4.714 billion Math LaTeXians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 33.3%.

The thriving Math LaTeXian economy, worth 468 trillion Duckcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,422 Duckcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

People who have lived their entire lives in Math LaTeX are shocked to discover that they are not citizens, colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, auditors are gutting every governmental department, and over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Math LaTeX's national animal is the Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Math LaTeX is ranked 44,790^th in the world and 350^th in Artificial Solar System for Largest Black Market, with 22.2 trillion Standard Monetary Units.