The Republic of Lancs is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Nik Kopecky with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, deadly medical pandemics, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.565 billion Lancastrians 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 medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lancaster. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lancsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,986 trillion Widgets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 188,020 Widgets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sex changes are routinely performed at Lancs's hospitals, the police double as repo men, it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, and armed police are cracking down on untaxed collectable-card-trading in local junior schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Lancs's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lancs is ranked 53,643^rd in the world and 70^th in Gay for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.