The Republic of Lag Raid is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9.112 billion black hawks have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 17.3%.

The strong black hawk economy, worth 462 trillion regions a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is 50,767 regions, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, military spending recently hit a new high, and a small country is wondering where their capitol building's gold dome went. Crime is moderate. Lag Raid's national animal is the black hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Lag Raid is ranked 211,075^th in the world and 5,309^th in Suspicious for Highest Food Quality, scoring 11.09 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.