The Republic of Langrick is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 33.796 billion Langrickians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Langrickian economy, worth a remarkable 1,872 trillion Polar Crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,395 Polar Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Frisbee games on college quadrangles are grounds for expulsion, film studios own the rights to actors' likenesses until the next millennium, older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, and the government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Langrick's national animal is the cato, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Langrick is ranked 163,331^st in the world and 17^th in Arctic for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 284.62 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.