The Grand republic of Laransa is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by krystal II with a fair hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.111 billion Laransini are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of arkavia. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laransin economy, worth 450 trillion crintas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 144,794 crintas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, and landless farmers wander forlornly in the government's many national parks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laransa's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Eltosonism.

Laransa is ranked 325,843^rd in the world and 762^nd in Europe for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 19.28 on the Bus Surprisal Index.