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The Community of LAZ is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning Penelope population. The hard-working, democratic population of 8.333 billion Lazarenes enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 15.9%.

The LAZian economy, worth 458 trillion Feathers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 55,064 Feathers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control. LAZ's national animal is the Penelope, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

LAZ is ranked 155,472^nd in the world and 7,383^rd in Lazarus for Most Developed, scoring 55.15 on the Human Development Index.