The Incorporated States of Option Lastnsc is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its closed borders, public floggings, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.866 billion Option Lastnscians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Option Lastnscian economy, worth 381 trillion cards 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Retail, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. 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 55,574 cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest superhero movie features a caped legendary with adamantium claws, all footpaths have tollbooths, tours to see the 'wild men of the mountains' are popular with tourists from the big cities, and Leader has decreed that one must think of cheese upon reading the word mouse (Option Lastnsc has found 1 easter egg). Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Option Lastnsc's national animal is the legendary, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Option Lastnsc is ranked 257,550^th in the world and 9,157^th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 43.47 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.