The Union of United Socialist Republics of LAN is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Chairman Sebskij with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 22.419 billion LANians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dragon's Nest. The income tax rate is 100%.

The enormous but underdeveloped LANian economy, worth a remarkable 2,751 trillion Sebskijs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 122,734 Sebskijs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, handling people's data is proving an immersive experience, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', and quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Socialist Republics of LAN's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

United Socialist Republics of LAN is ranked 934^th in the world and 10^th in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 5,549.9 on the Clooney Contribution Index.