The Yao Clan Retainer of Lan Fan is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.802 billion Lan Fanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 20.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Lan Fanian economy, worth 570 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,774 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors, meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, and builders across Lan Fan are blocked up with orders for new public loos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lan Fan's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lan Fan is ranked 99,121^st in the world and 229^th in Remembrance for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 97.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.