The Democratic Empire of Lartace is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Savagitika Romullaf with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, otherworldly petting zoo, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The devout population of 836 million Lartaceans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mangover. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Lartacean economy, worth 78.6 trillion Æztidags a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,016 Æztidags, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

There's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, homophobia is off the menu, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lartace's national animal is the Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lartace is ranked 93,132^nd in the world and 614^th in Europe for Most Patriotic, with 15.8 flags saluted per person per day.