The Kingdom of Laufeystan is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 616 million Laufeystanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 35.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Laufeystanian economy, worth 21.3 trillion Starts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,538 Starts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, students consistently complain that the wi-fi ate their homework, Laufeystan has designated Laufeystan City as its capital city, and agreeing to appear on TV is often the best way to access social care. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laufeystan's national animal is the Gyrfalcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Laufeystan is ranked 194,009^th in the world and 7,873^rd in Osiris for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 44.09 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.