The Republic of Laxians is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 288 million Laxiansians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 15.5%.

The Laxiansian economy, worth 14.3 trillion laxeses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,824 laxeses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, and many aides in Leader's office are known to be serial jaywalkers. Crime is totally unknown. Laxians's national animal is the Garis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Laxians is ranked 182,537^th in the world and 12^th in SimDemocracy for Most Developed, scoring 53.92 on the Human Development Index.