The Empire of Lapsos is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Unus Qui Inanis with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.041 billion Lapsosians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration, Law & Order, and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Social Policy and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of oblitus praeteritum. The average income tax rate is 50.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Lapsosian economy, worth 557 trillion Shards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 138,039 Shards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

In pet stores nationwide Beavers are growing in popularity, governments opposing Lapsos are beset by rebels, Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, and overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lapsos's national animal is the Beaver, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Oculus Inanis.

Lapsos is ranked 49,635^th in the world and 1,014^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,941.25 on the Gilded Widget Scale.