The Federal Republic of Laniara is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Tam Gasgrave with an even hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, sprawling nuclear power plants, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 5.326 billion Laniarans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shinta. The average income tax rate is 85.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laniaran economy, worth 741 trillion Tans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 139,233 Tans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, it is technically inaccurate to call the dead 'worm food', and sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls. Crime is totally unknown. Laniara's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Laniara is ranked 239,697^th in the world and 5,006^th in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 20,049.64 Standard Monetary Units.