The Democratic Republic of Larrais is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 402 million Larraisians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port-des-Frères. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Larraisian economy, worth 33.5 trillion Argents a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 83,337 Argents, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nefarious Blackacrean surveillance has been replaced with patriotic Larraisian surveillance, the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results, children are raised bilingual from an early age, and businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Larrais's national animal is the lemon shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Larrais is ranked 11,138^th in the world and 45^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,320.46 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.