The Pink Duck and Friend of TNP of Laforeia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Rhyo Karuna with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.873 billion Laforeians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Laforic economy, worth 636 trillion Yeifas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 164,274 Yeifas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, posters on 'Laforic Values' advise against being proud of Laforeia, citizens finish cleaning up after the annual National Treasure Hunt just in time for the next one, and holidaymakers sleep curled up on the floor as hotel beds are replaced with oversized bookcases. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laforeia's national animal is the Pangolin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Friendshieism.

Laforeia is ranked 10,372^nd in the world and 484^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 400.79 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.