The Federal Republic of Laacou is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Henry J Sawyer with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, digital currency, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.929 billion Laacouans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingaroy. The average income tax rate is 77.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laacouan economy, worth a remarkable 2,657 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 178,008 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's air missiles have killed thousands of Brasilistan military personnel, elite teams of assassins have been sent into Brasilistan, 'Coloniser-in-Chief' has become Prime Minister Henry J Sawyer's new moniker, and Brasilistanis face layers of paperwork in a different language just to visit a doctor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laacou's national animal is the Laacouan Timber Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Laacou is ranked 30,552^nd in the world and 17^th in The Kingdom of Great Britain for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,643 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.