The Democratic States of Laysia is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working population of 417 million Laysians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.4%.

The thriving Laysian economy, worth 31.1 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 74,637 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 344,064 per year while the poor average 9,793, a ratio of 35.1 to 1.

The dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, the reams of paperwork accompanying any electronic item are a recognised contributor to national deforestation, replacement organs are grown in vats, and yawning is a sure sign of unemployment. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Laysia's national animal is the elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Laysia is ranked 73,858^th in the world and 53^rd in Coalition of Crown Albatross for Nicest Citizens, with 15.9 average smiles per day.