The Lartocratic Empire of Lartace is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Savatigika Romullaf with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 5.744 billion Lartaceans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mangover. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lartacean economy, worth 574 trillion Æztidags 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 100,104 Æztidags, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, court cases mostly involve lawyers shouting questions at witnesses giving silent shrugs, and people are offered free trials to go to trial. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lartace's national animal is the Snake Fánsio, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Draconic.

Lartace is ranked 326,290^th in the world and 1,386^th in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -14.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.