The Republic of Lazher is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 101 million Lazherians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.0%.

The Lazherian economy, worth 5.44 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 53,830 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", organ donation is compulsory, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lazher's national animal is the unicorn.

Lazher is ranked 62,953^rd in the world and 90^th in Edoca for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,270.47 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.