The Democratic Republic of Larkostigh is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Warrick Acadia with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 2.27 billion Larkostighians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Foxtract. The average income tax rate is 78.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Larkostighian economy, worth 307 trillion Larko Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 135,408 Larko Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Gift baskets often contain working nukes, anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", and the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Larkostigh's national animal is the Redback Spider, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Larkostigh is ranked 22,923^rd in the world and 39^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Safest, scoring 112.34 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.