The Federal Stratocracy of Laskaltine is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Letto with an even hand, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, keen interest in outer space, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.024 billion Laskals 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strasbourg. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laskadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,126 trillion Euros a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 160,317 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry, faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laskaltine's national animal is the German Shepherd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Luxtriunism.

Laskaltine is ranked 15,834^th in the world and 17^th in Lands End for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 8,025.35 on the Gilded Widget Scale.