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The Republic of Laiss is a mammoth, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and absence of drug laws. The quiet, industrious population of 6.082 billion Laissians 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 28.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Laissian economy, worth 288 trillion baht a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,440 baht, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words', citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laiss's national animal is the bison, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Laiss is ranked 263,097^th in the world and 36^th in Lassa for Most Cultured, scoring 61 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.