The Republic of Langrick is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 21.768 billion Langrickians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 67.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Langrickian economy, worth a remarkable 1,133 trillion Polar Crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,086 Polar Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

War criminals are given full state funerals, a widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat", a new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water, and it's been a banner year for local vexillology. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Langrick's national animal is the cato, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Langrick is ranked 96,051^st in the world and 16^th in Arctic for Largest Retail Industry, scoring 2,016.84 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.