The Great Dismal Delve of Laeding is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Great Khan with an iron fist, and notable for its digital currency, infamous sell-swords, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.803 billion Laedi are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Sevenfold Mazework. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Laedish economy, worth a remarkable 4,899 trillion daos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 354,950 daos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, Great Khan is in a committed monogamous relationship with a huge number of people, visual acuity is worsening amongst teenagers, and relations with Merovingia are as cold as Laeding's high-security cell blocks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Laeding's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is divine nationalism.

Laeding is ranked 3,204^th in the world and 133^rd in Balder for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 682.68 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.