The Confederacy of Lazarian Islands is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.305 billion Lazarian Islandsians 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 Education, Law & Order, and International Aid. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.3%.

The strong Lazarian Islandsian economy, worth 88.6 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 67,889 florins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 225,960 per year while the poor average 15,199, a ratio of 14.9 to 1.

One-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses, a rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows, shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned, and would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here". Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Lazarian Islands's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lazarian Islands is ranked 34,376^th in the world and 2,035^th in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 52.19 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.