The Republic of Lansaka V is a huge, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 915 million Lansaka Vians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 46.2%.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Lansaka Vian economy, worth 28.3 trillion Lafas 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 black market in Tourism, Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. 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 30,964 Lafas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign lack of enthusiasm for Lansaka Vian nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, and the death penalty has been reintroduced. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lansaka V's national animal is the Cottonmouth Coral Copperhead Rattlesnake.

Lansaka V is ranked 119,881^st in the world and 2^nd in Lansakan Interregional Embassy for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,619.4 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.