The Republic of LEAD GLASS is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning glass shark population. The quiet, industrious population of 2.045 billion LEAD GLASSians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 21.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient LEAD GLASSian economy, worth 79.3 trillion shards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,795 shards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

LG-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, every week is blindness awareness week, the government is a clear-cut case of tyranny by majority, and people boast about their low income on their dating profiles. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. LEAD GLASS's national animal is the glass shark.

LEAD GLASS is ranked 97,859^th in the world and 5^th in The Infinite Army for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 86.6 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.