The Pink Holy District of Dog Lake is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by High Liard with an even hand, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, smutty television, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 44.456 billion Lakers have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. The average income tax rate is 89.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laker economy, worth a remarkable 6,997 trillion aurum gold bars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 157,396 aurum gold bars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Environmentalists are advocating slash-and-burn in the nation's forests, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, the news is showing footage of High Liard bullying an old man to the point of tears, and animated characters are allowed to stab each other but not hold hands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dog Lake's national animal is the pink trout, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Athyism.

Dog Lake is ranked 3,750^th in the world and 1^st in Dog Lake for Lowest Crime Rates, with 123.93 law-abiding acts per hour.