The Republic of Lancs is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Nik Kopecky with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.642 billion Lancastrians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lancaster. The average income tax rate is 84.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lancsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,990 trillion Widgets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 187,017 Widgets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Class action lawsuits have gone up in smoke thanks to government interference, 10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, and anti-government web sites are springing up. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Lancs's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lancs is ranked 27,031^st in the world and 47^th in Gay for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 982.09 on the Clooney Contribution Index.