The Matriarchy of Lasers is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its burgeoning thorlabs dog population. The hard-working, democratic population of 538 million Laserians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 7.8%.

The Laserian economy, worth 24.5 trillion photons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 45,576 photons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the tenet of free speech is held dear, organ donation is compulsory, and any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Lasers's national animal is the thorlabs dog, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lasers is ranked 77,780^th in the world and 1^st in Unifying Nations for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.