The Republic of Lascandra is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Naomi Stagmunt with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working population of 8.791 billion Lascandrans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

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

The frighteningly efficient Lascandran economy, worth a remarkable 1,376 trillion Lascandrish pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 156,541 Lascandrish pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, rude retail employees are now even ruder homeless panhandlers, the nation's space program is doxxing the planet, and the countryside is shrouded by wind farms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lascandra's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lascandra is ranked 9,293^rd in the world and 1^st in Lascandrish alliance for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 438.13 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.