The Republic of Upper Lagedia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its hatred of cheese and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 10.487 billion Upper Lagedians 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 relatively small, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 20.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Upper Lagedian economy, worth 126 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 12,091 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is ravaged by daily union strikes and Harry Potter books are banned. Crime is almost non-existent. Upper Lagedia's national animal is the leopard.

Upper Lagedia is ranked 245,903^rd in the world and 43^rd in Common Jaguar Wilds for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 40.88 on the Gilded Widget Scale.