The Theocracy of Launster is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 443 million Launsterians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 55.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Launsterian economy, worth 15.3 trillion Kronkers a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,556 Kronkers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, the recital of citations that follows any political speech can be longer than the speech itself, pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty, and teenagers are making eye contact with each other for the first time in years. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Launster's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Launster is ranked 251,401^st in the world and 450^th in Starlight for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.03 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.