The Democratic Republic of Landostan is a small, cultured nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, ritual sacrifices, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 26 million Landostanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 70.3%.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Landostanian economy, worth 1.03 trillion Stones and Stickeses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 39,770 Stones and Stickeses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Drawing men's naughty bits isn't considered to be art, voting district maps are said to resemble a tyrannosaurus eating the capital, education is transforming people into first-rate snobs, and life expectancies inside correctional facilities vastly exceed the national average. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Landostan's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Landostan is ranked 254,885^th in the world and 250^th in Conch Kingdom for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.18 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.