The Federal Republic of Las San Medina is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 112 million Las San Medinans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.7%.

The thriving Las San Medinan economy, worth 7.01 trillion Bonds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 62,575 Bonds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 286,077 per year while the poor average 8,336, a ratio of 34.3 to 1.

Paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs, vaccinations are mandatory, factory workers offered 20-hour shifts are expected to thank their bosses for the wonderful opportunity, and the nation's new currency features full-length portraits of Leader in ermine and velvet garb. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Las San Medina's national animal is the Sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Las San Medina is ranked 194,034^th in the world and 88^th in Barbaria for Safest, scoring 46.02 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.