The Karmic Republic of New Lablerith is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Abdul Rehman Baloch with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate population of 11.879 billion Lablerithians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caldisnlth. The average income tax rate is 43.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lablerithian economy, worth a remarkable 1,635 trillion Lablerithian Rueps a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 137,721 Lablerithian Rueps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, lonely children write fanfiction about absent fathers, citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm, and schoolchildren have more trading cards than flash cards in their backpacks. Crime is totally unknown. New Lablerith's national animal is the Royal Lablerithian Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Lablerith is ranked 95,537^th in the world and 61^st in Karma for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,433.01 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.