The Dictatorship of Lapan is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 589 million Lapanese are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 38.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Lapanian economy, worth 29.2 trillion Nosais a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,512 Nosais, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, overcrowded buses are the new normal for suburban commuters, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', and military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lapan's national animal is the Vulture, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Lapan is ranked 114,616^th in the world and 4,777^th in Balder for Safest, scoring 76.22 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.