The All Encompassing Empire of Large is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Big Kleiner with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.701 billion Largeruses are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Huge. The average income tax rate is 58.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Large economy, worth 155 trillion smalls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Gambling, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 41,996 smalls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, going on a diet invalidates your passport, the hills are alive with the sound of ringtones, and former planespotters are dusting off long-abandoned anoraks. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Large's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Bigotism.

Large is ranked 127,036^th in the world and 8^th in big for Most Patriotic, with 14.83 flags saluted per person per day.