The Endless Slumber of Laude is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Supreme Leader Ozzy with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 6.735 billion Laudians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ozzyville. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laudian economy, worth 863 trillion Gold Bars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 128,253 Gold Bars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is raising the stakes on mental health to beat the odds of addiction, preachers and little old ladies disappear from their homes at night and are never heard from again, Supreme Leader Ozzy's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, and military pilots jettison listening devices as chaff to confuse enemy missiles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laude's national animal is the One Eyed Smelly Snail, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ozzyism.

Laude is ranked 298,244^th in the world and 146^th in The Wellspring for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.68 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.