The Republic of Notre Dame Lacrosse is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 201 million Notre Dame Lacrosseans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 23.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Notre Dame Lacrossean economy, worth 1.83 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Gambling, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,107 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Notre Dame Lacrosse's national animal is the wolf.

Notre Dame Lacrosse is ranked 245,700^th in the world and 8,121^st in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 54.64 on the Gilded Widget Scale.